DhafirTrial

This letter was sent to the Syracuse Post-Standard on Friday, May 11, 2007

Since the events of September 11, 2001, the government has raided and closed down six major Muslim charities and many smaller Muslim charities, accusing each of funding terrorism. In each case, alleged “guilt by association” meant that the charities’ assets were frozen and their principals arrested. (more…)

This article by Katherine Hughes is currently available on newsstands in the May/June issue of the Washington Report On Middle East Affairs (WRMEA).

[Sent to the Post Standard on 4/20/07 in response to “A talk with U.S. Attorney Glen Suddaby.”]

The Dr. Dhafir Support Committee would like to draw your attention to the continuing disconnectedness in your coverage of the Dr. Rafil Dhafir and Help the Needy (HTN) case. Although a few of your editorials have challenged the government subterfuge in this case, your paper has never used this editorial insight as an impetus to examine the many conflicting facts the government has presented to the media. (more…)

[The April 18, 2007 article is available at the New Times site. They will print this response next week. New Times articles are currently only available the week of publication.]

Ed Griffin-Nolan’s April 18th What’s Shakin’ coverage of Islamic charity and the Dhafir/Help the Needy case was a missed opportunity to correct rather than reinforce past government misinformation about this case. (more…)

The government has successfully overturned an appeal court decision to grant Dr. Dhafir transcripts at the expense of the court. Transcipts are an essential part of an appeal process and will cost in the region of $22,000; please help us achieve justice by attending this event.

Mid-Eastern Cuisine – Thursday April 19th 2007 – 5:30 to 7:00PM (more…)

Go to: WHAT YOU CAN DO

“One cannot level one’s moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are just too many of them. But you can do something, and the difference between doing something and doing nothing is everything.” Daniel Berrigan

I will be speaking at a town hall meeting in Plano, Texas, on Friday, April 6th, at the invitation of the Muslim Legal Fund of America (a civil and legal organization similar to the ACLU,, LULAC, and NAACP). The meeting will be held at the Plano Center, 2000 East Spring Creek, at Jupiter Road, Plano, Texas. (more…)

The United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights give equal protection under the law and in order to defend this freedom it must be extend to all regardless of race or religion. While in office former Attorney General John Ashcroft disregarded this and engaged in inflammatory publicity in cases of Muslim and Arab defendants in the post 9/11 period. (more…)