Ajmal Kasab should have been hanged
long time ago: Muslim groups
Express News Service, November 21, 2012
Muslim groups across
Maharashtra welcomed the hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab and
claimed that action against a person who kills innocent people should
have been taken a long time back. "People who come from across the
border and murder innocent civilians deserve no mercy. Keeping him
alive for so loan after a guilty verdict was passed was in our view a
murder of justice. We however welcome this belated measure that was
taken by the government," Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind's Maharashtra unit
Secretary Gulzar Azmi said. (more)
U.S. Muslims are not measured by
the exemplary work of its mainstream
The Washington Post, September 19, 2012
As American Muslims, we are civically
challenged - challenged by some of our fellow Muslims, by the media,
and by our limited success in having our voices (and those of the
mainstream of our community) heard. Our e-mail boxes are replete with
Muslim condemnations of the violent protests in reaction to the video,
“Innocence of Muslims,” yet the perception remains that
Muslims are silent to extremism. (more)
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Muharram and A Call for Muslim Unity
Abdul Malik Mujahid, November 19, 2012
The violence, which springs up
annually at this time, is an extreme example of the sometimes tense
relationship between Sunnis and Shias. To the credit of the Saudi
government, which is guided by Salafi scholars, derogatorily referred
to as Wahhabis, they have never stopped Shias from performing Hajj or
praying separately around the Kaba. This is despite their strong
anti-Shia beliefs and positions. (more)
My turban: Made in the USA
Los Angeles Times, November 30, 2012
I was on my way to lunch with one of
the partners at a prestigious law firm when we both heard it: a random
person on the street yelling at me, "Terrorist … hey,
terrorist!" (more)
Sign Petition: Today Is the Day for
Common Sense Gun Regulations
We are beyond heartbroken
as we think of the kindergarteners and others that died in Connecticut.
This was the 3rd day in one week with a mass shooting in our nation. (more) |