November 2012 Blog Posts (44)

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/15/12) –- A coalition* of American Muslim and Arab-American civil rights, community and

advocacy organizations today called on President Obama to demand that Israel restore the ceasefire that it broke with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Since Israel began its latest round of attacks on Gaza, a number of Palestinian and Israeli civilians have been killed, including the 11-month-old son of a BBC…

As Salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah!

From all of us here at Oppressed Peoples Online Word, wish you and all the Muslim around the world a most happy new year on our hijra calendar.  We pray that this year will bring more happiness and joy to you and your families. …

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai first came to public attention in 2009 when she wrote a BBC diary about life

under the Taliban. Now recovering from surgery after being shot by the militants, the campaigner for girls' rights is in the spotlight again.

Malala was 11 when she began…

Police have arrested the husband of an Iraqi woman beaten to death in her home eight months ago for what initially

The husband of Shaima Alawadi, Kassim Alhimidi, holds a picture of his slain wife in April 2012.

looked like a racially motivated hate crime, U-T San Diego reported, citing jail records in El…

There are 53 days left to find a solution that stops taxes from going up on 140 million American families and helps us

President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, delivers a statement to the press on the economy, in the East Room of the White House, Nov. 9, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)…

Obituary: October 31

Maryam Jameelah passes away: Awesome Spiritual Power.

إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون، أولئك عليهم صلوات من ربهم ورحمة وأولئك هم المهتدون

Great Critic of Western Powers.



She will live forever in the hearts

of those who love Islam. She converted from Judaism to Islam, did the hijra from

New York to Lahore, Pakistan, and, as a student of Maulana Maudoodi, she…

The National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF) strongly protests the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to

hear the appeal of the “Holy Land Five” defendants, Elashi et al. v. United States, that involves challenges to the Sixth Amendment right of the people to face witnesses in courts of law. Attorneys for the five defendants are evaluating all remaining options and will soon announce a decision on how they will proceed.…

I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to thank you first.

I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You made this happen.



You organized yourselves block by block. You took ownership of this campaign five and ten dollars at a time.…

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/17/12) -- A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization tonight called on

Republican presidential hopeful conditions support for Muslim candidate on rejection of Islamic principles

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and other GOP representatives to reaffirm their support of an American republic that treats citizens of all faiths as…

 ****Community Demands the Convictions of Newburgh 4 be dismissed or the…

It gave the Israeli gangs the right to usurp Palestinian land and displace hundreds of the thousands of Palestine’s

indigenous…

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/2/12) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today released the detailed data

Survey: 91 percent of Muslim voters will go to polls on November 6

from a recent survey indicating that 91 percent of registered Muslim voters will go to the polls on November 6.

The CAIR poll of 500 registered Muslim voters, titled "…