Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص's Blog – August 2013 Archive (17)

ATLANTA -

Travyon Martin supporters rallied in downtown Atlanta on Saturday afternoon, while similar events were held in cities

across the country. The crowd of about 3,000 braved heavy rain to attend the event on the steps of the Richard B. Russell Federal Building.  



The "I Am Trayvon Martin" Prayer Vigil and Rally was spearheaded by civil and human rights leader Rev. Markel…

CAIR Welcomes DOJ Civil Rights Review of Trayvon Martin Case

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/15/13) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today welcomed a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announcement that it is reviewing the civil rights issues associated with the killing of…

By Carolyn Rouse. Commonly portrayed in the media as holding women in strict subordination and deference to men,

Islam is nonetheless attracting numerous converts among African American women. Are these women "reproducing their oppression," as it might seem? Or does their adherence to the religion suggest unsuspected subtleties and complexities in the relation of women, especially black women, to Islam? Carolyn Rouse sought answers to these questions among…

50th Aniversary Of The March On Washington...

By Nihad Awad

Word Count: 624

In one of his most famous statements, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Injustice…

In December 2001, Marvin Lamont Anderson became the ninety-ninth person in the United States to be exonerated

due to postconviction DNA testing. On December 14, 1982, then eighteen years old, he was convicted by a jury of robbery, forcible sodomy, abduction, and two counts of rape. The court sentenced Anderson to a total of two hundred and ten years imprisonment in the Virginia State Penitentiary. Anderson went to prison in 1983 and was released after fifteen years,…

Through- out its pages, it stresses again and again that Allah Almighty is the Rabb and

Full Text:  http://www.quranenglish.com/books/Four%20Basic%20Quranic%20Terms.pdf

the Ilah ;that there is no ilah but He, nor is there any other rabb, nor does He share

with anyone else the qualities and attributes implied by these terms. He, and He alone

should…

A baby named “Messiah” must be renamed, according to a judge in Tennessee, because Messiah is a ‘earned’ title in the Judeo-Christian tradition.

The mother, Jaleesa Martin of Newport, Tenn., is appealing the decision handed down by Child Support Magistrate Lu

Topics: Jaleesa Martin ♦ Judge…

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/5/13) - On Thursday and Friday, August 8 or 9 (Consult local mosques for dates and times.)

The Root) -- On the heels of yesterday's ruling that charges will not be brought against a New York police officer accused

In his tweet, the actor blasted New York's refusal to pursue charges in the killing of Ramarley Graham.

Tracy Clayton: August 9,…

Mohammad Hassan Asafari, a member of the Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, on Friday

described the Quds Day as “the symbol of unity among Islamic forces.”



He stressed the importance of a massive participation in rallies and added, “The…

AFRICANGLOBE – At least one cop has been disciplined for ordering the NYPD’s highest-ranking uniformed Black

officer out of his auto while the three-star chief was off-duty and parked in Queens.

“How you can not know or recognize a chief in a department SUV with ID around his neck, I don’t know,” a police source said.

Chief Douglas Zeigler, 60, head of the Community Affairs Bureau, was in his NYPD-issued vehicle near a fire hydrant when…