DhafirTrial

Below is an email to the Syracuse Post-Standard thanking it for correcting its website photo caption, which erroneously stated that Dr. Dhafir was convicted on “terrorism-related charges,” and asking that it also issue a correction in the print edition. (more…)

Katherine Hughes Truthout 3/08/10

In a time and place where Muslims have learned it’s prudent to be silent, we should be especially grateful to Shamshad Ahmad for having the courage to write his book “Rounded Up.” (more…)

A Review by Katherine Hughes

In a time and place where Muslims have learned it’s prudent to be silent, we should be especially grateful to Shamshad Ahmad for having the courage to write his book Rounded Up. (more…)

Please sign the petition for Dr. Dhafir, and let others know about it.

We are asking that Dr. Dhafir’s sentence be commuted to time served and our goal is to get at least 1000 signatures.  Sitting through virtually all of the 14-week trial, I came to know Dr. Dhafir as a man of the utmost compassion and integrity, it is the least he deserves.

Sign petition here NO NEED TO DONATE TO iPETITONS WHEN YOU SIGN

This post provides an overview for people who heard about Dr. Dhafir’s case at the recent National Assembly Conference:

Dhafir Case Summary

ACLU Statement on the case. (more…)

The Syracuse Post-Standard just let me know that it is unwilling to print a letter the Dr. Dhafir Support Committee sent two weeks ago because it included a request for donations for a “political cause.” The letter also has to be 250 words or less. I responded immediately with the letter below, but not fast enough for it to be in tomorrow’s paper, on Muslim Solidarity Day. It will be published in Friday’s paper.

To the Editor: (more…)

Letter from The Dr. Dhafir Suport Committee, sent to the Syracuse Post-Standard on 2/11/09

To the editor:

February 26, 2003, marks the sixth anniversary of the arrest of prominent local oncologist, Dr. Rafil Dhafir. On that same day, 150 Muslim families were interrogated because they had donated to his charity “Help the Needy.” Dr. Dhafir was “guilty” of sending aid to Iraq during the brutal embargo on that county, the effects of which very few Americans know. (more…)

By Katherine Hughes 9/29/08

Given the surge of interest in Islam in the post 9/11-period, Parvez Sharma’s decision to focus his movie, A Jihad for Love, on Islam was very timely. His decision was an opportunity for some redress of western anti-Muslim propaganda that has been incessant since 9/11 (more…)