Est. Oct. 3, 2010
In this Issue: A rare speech by Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in 1991 in Houston (Video) – Occupy protesters sue NYPD – FBI Agents to Interview Activists over Protests – Prison settles with Muslim Inmates – Florida Police under Scrutiny for Anti-Muslim Training – Extremism Normalized – Why NSA cannot be trusted
This summer’s congressional recess presents an enormous opportunity for grassroots supporters to meet with their elected representatives and focus those representatives on legislation that will address the concerns of NCPCF. Four key pieces of legislation, outlined below, need to be highlighted.
In this issue: See Something, Say Something, Uncover NYPD Spying (Video) – Appeals Court allows No-Fly Challengs to Proceed – NYPD used force against Occupy without justification 130 times – Twelve Senators demand answers about Secret Surveillance of US Citizens – Call the Colorado Shootings what they are: Terrorism
The Moral Hazards of Drones
NCPCF Event: Standing Up Against Islamophobia, June 8, 2012, Dearborn Heights, MI (107 min.)The keynote speaker was James Yee, former Guantanomo chaplain.
Source: WUNC. Lawyers are preparing for a case in November that involves a highly respected Muslim woman from Raleigh. She was arrested earlier this year for allegedly trying to hire a hitman to murder an FBI informant. The government’s case rests largely on Facebook activity and confidential informants.
In this Issue: Action Item: Remove Michele Bachmann from the Intelligence Committee – Ahmad Ajaj: I’m punished at ADX for demanding my rights! – Families Sue Over U.S. Deaths in Yemen Drone Attacks (Audio) – U.S. Admits Surveillance Violated Constitution – Arab American Among Victims in Colorado Mass Shooting – Obama’s Killings Challenged Again- Colorado Muslims wonder if theater shooter might have been noticed
In this issue: Tarek: Mehanna: In Your Eyes I’m A Terrorist – A man and a woman charged for possessing “Terrorist” Materials in England – Civil Liberties Groups Sue CIA, Pentagon over Targeted Killings – Newest US Counterterrorism Strategy: Trolling – Reviving the Rendition Debate – What happens when assassination replaces torture?
When I refused to become an informant, the government responded by charging me with the “crime” of supporting the mujahideen fighting the occupation of Muslim countries around the world. Or as they like to call them, “terrorists.” I wasn’t born in a Muslim country, though. I was born and raised right here in America and this angers many people: how is it that I can be an American and believe the things I believe, take the positions I take? Everything a man is exposed to in his environment becomes an ingredient that shapes his outlook, and I’m no different. So, in more ways than one, it’s because of America that I am who I am.
Source: Islamic Horizons. Can Muslim Americans organize and work toward defeating the eerily similar wars on drugs and terror?
Source: New York Times. Ulugbek Kodirov, a 22-year-old Uzbek man who moved to the United States planning to study medicine in New York, but ended up working in a suburban Alabama mall, was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison on Friday for plotting to kill President Obama on behalf of a jihadist group in Uzbekistan. Mr. Kodirov’s lawyer, Lance Bell, blamed the Internet for radicalizing the young man, who moved to Alabama after giving up on a plan to get a medical degree at Columbia University because his English was not good enough.
