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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Terry Holdbrooks Jr., 29, wears the beard of a bald Amish guy, the tattoos of a punk kid, and

the twitchy alertness of a military policeman. Take him to a restaurant, and he’ll choose the chair with its back against the wall. Take his photo, and he'll prefer to look away from the camera.

Part of that wariness Holdbrooks learned while guarding detainees from 2003 to 2004 at Guantanamo Bay, the…

Masjid Beautification

Join us for our Second Annual Masjid Beautification Day on Saturday, August 23. We are excited to…

100 Most Influential Muslim In Georgia...…

My opposition to the use of the word convert to describe someone like myself (Muslim over a decade) is linked to the

By: Myriam Francois-Cerrah

Source: http://myriamfrancoiscerrah.wordpress.com/

exclusive and thus exclusionary dimension of the term ‘convert’.

It both identifies…

On Sunday, August 10th, 2014, renowned and notable scholar and professor Dr. Tariq Ramadan posted on his

Tarid Ramadan at the 2010 ISNA convention. Photo courtesy of Umar Nazir/Flikr…

During the US occupation of Iraq it was routine to torture Iraqis in prisons like Abu Ghraib whose prison

Shabana Syed

guards were using tactics learnt in Israeli training camps as Robert Fisk pointed out in ‘Abu Ghraib torture trail leads to Israel’; one of the most baffling questions asked during interrogation was “Where is the man called Imam Mahdi where…

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Officials in St. Louis County and the tense town of Ferguson, Mo., remain mum nearly three days after an unidentified

police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death. But a young man who says he was with the victim at the time of the shooting has described a virtually unprovoked attack in which the officer fired repeatedly—even after the victim raised his hands and begged him to stop shooting.

In an…

Imam Jamil Biopsy Results 12 August 2014 17 Shawal 1435

Click Link Below For Interview With Sister Karima Al-Amin...

The six shades of racism ....

To better understand the dynamic of the color coding systems around the world,  one must read…

Since March 16, 2000 our Brother, Comrade, and Imam has been taken out of our mist.  We have not, and will not

forget or abandon him.  His struggle for freedom has become our struggle for his freedom.  In coming months we will be asking for your support in this effort.  Our first step is to begin, or continue our communication with our Imam, that he will…

The 'Five Pillars' of Islam are the foundation of Muslim life:

• Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad;
• Establishment of the daily prayers;
• Concern for and…