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CAIR: San Diego Muslim Removed from Southwest Airlines Flight

SAN DIEGO, CA, 3/15/11) –- On Wednesday, March 16, the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-

Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) will hold a news conference with a Muslim passenger removed without explanation from a Southwest Airlines flight on Sunday.

At the news conference, CAIR-San Diego will call for an investigation of the incident and an apology to the…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 15, 2011 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Bilal Mahmud...Congress Holds A Citizens Hearing Post 9/11..

Civil Rights And Liberties Post 9/11

Bilal Mahmud American Civil Rights Testimony

Muslim American Civil Right Hearing Congress 2004...Congressman John Conyers

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on November 11, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Sister Michelle Alexander Receives NAACP Image Award

Halle Berry (Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture), Denzel Washington (Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture),

Contact: Rob Phillips, (614) 247-6520

Vanessa Williams (Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series), and John Legend (Outstanding Album) were among the big winners at the prestigious 42nd Annual NAACP Image Awards on Friday, March 4, in Los Angeles’s Shrine Auditorium.

Joining the…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 10, 2011 at 11:23am — No Comments

A Neoconservative 'Shock and Awe': The Rise of the Arabs

A pervading sense of awe seems to be engulfing Arab societies everywhere. What is underway in the Arab world is

Arab societies have risen with a unified call for freedom. (Aljazeera)…

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Yemen police open fire on protesters in Sanaa

SANAA - A Yemeni protester died of gunshot wounds Wednesday after being hit when police opened fire overnight on

Steadfast to their demands

Shot Yemeni protester dies of wounds after being shot overnight by police during anti-regime protesters in…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 9, 2011 at 4:06am — No Comments

Palestinians fight occupation with Israeli bills

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Young Palestinian activists have found a new medium to protest Israeli occupation: scrawling

'A message to the Israelis'

Young Palestinian activists scrawl anti-occupation slogans on currency they share with…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 7, 2011 at 12:57pm — No Comments

College Degrees Won't Shield Blacks From Unemployment

For years, Americans have been told that going to college was the best protection against unemployment. That hasn't

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The jobless rate among black college graduates is nearly double that of whites. Why?

been the case for African Americans during the Great Recession, with a jobless rate nearly double that of their white counterparts. And experts say the gap could widen in the slow…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 5, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Protesters, Gathafi loyalists fight in Tripoli, police fire teargas

TRIPOLI & UQAYLA (Libya) - Police fired tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters demanding the ouster of Libyan

Go West

Libya rebels push west towards embattled leader's stronghold of Raslanuf.

strongman Moamer Gathafi in Tripoli's…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 5, 2011 at 11:15am — No Comments

Saudi Shiites call for 'day of anger' over rights, arrest

DUBAI - Cyber activists have created a group on Facebook calling for a "Day of Anger" on Friday in the eastern Shiite-

Saudi Shiites - 10% of population - complain of marginalisation

Saudi cyber activists in Al-Ihsaa eastern region demand release of cleric arrested for calling for…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 3, 2011 at 11:04pm — No Comments

A woman leading change in Yemen

With two presidents unseated in Tunisia and Egypt and highly publicised protests across Libya, the recent

Karman, speaking up for Yemeni society as a whole

Journalist Tawakkul Karman, other female human rights activist, inspiring Yemeni men during uprising.

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 2, 2011 at 6:00am — No Comments

Eyeing Arab revolts, Palestinian youth launch 'unity' revolution

As Arab regimes face unprecedented uprisings, Palestinian youths have launched their own 'revolution' -- seeking to

'The People Want the End of the Division'

Young Palestinians – via rallying, Facebook and Twitter - demand reconciliation between bitterly divided Fatah and…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on March 1, 2011 at 3:51pm — No Comments

The face of the revolution

Young and unassuming, Fethi Terbil is the Libyan lawyer who dared to challenge Moamer Gathafi and whose arrest

A revolutionary without ambitions

Libyan Lawyer hero of anti-Gathafi revolt: Fethi Terbil.

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 28, 2011 at 11:56am — No Comments

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Diploma Courses
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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 26, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Analysis: Morocco will be spared revolts sweeping other MENA countries

Morocco will be spared mass demonstrations sweeping other Middle Eastern and North African nations as long as the

Bolder and speedier reforms

Analysts stress Morocco has to embark on bolder, speedier reforms to fulfill Moroccans’ demands.

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 25, 2011 at 5:53am — No Comments

Syria says jailed female blogger worked for CIA

DAMASCUS - A young Syrian blogger sentenced to five years in jail, Tal al-Mallouhi, worked for the US spy agency

Is the CIA recruiting children or are the Syrian authorities lying?

Syria's Tal al-Mallouhi - held since December 2009 - convicted for passing on secrets…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 19, 2011 at 2:19pm — 1 Comment

Egypt military 'must' halt torture

CAIRO - Rights watchdog Amnesty International on Thursday called on the Egyptian military to halt the use of torture

'The army was holding detainees'

Egyptian military urged to stop 'torture and other abuse of detainees' as fresh evidence implicates…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 17, 2011 at 10:15am — No Comments

Powell demands answers over false Iraq intel

LONDON - Ex-secretary of state Colin Powell called on the CIA and Pentagon to explain how he was given unreliable

The intelligence game was abvious

Report Ex-US Secretary of State urges CIA, Pentagon to explain how he was given unreliable information which proved key…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 17, 2011 at 7:13am — No Comments

Destitution among asylum seekers in Britain

LONDON - Oxfam has added its voice to a growing chorus of concern about Britain’s system for deciding on asylum

Between a rock and hard place

Concerns over Britain’s system for deciding on asylum claims as right-wing press demonizes asylum…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 16, 2011 at 11:02pm — No Comments

وائل سعيد عباس غنيم‎ Egypt protests: the missing and the detained

The Guardian is compiling a database of the missing and detained since the recent protests with information from

Wael Ghonim...وائل سعيد عباس غنيم‎

Egyptian human rights groups. The list is not comprehensive. If you have further information or a photograph of the people named below please use this…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on February 15, 2011 at 7:00pm — No Comments