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By Pamela Hess, The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON — Medical examinations of former terrorism suspects held by the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, found evidence of torture and other abuse that resulted in serious injuries and mental disorders, according to a human rights group. |
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By IslamOnline.net and newspapers
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WASHINGTON — A top adviser to Republican presidential candidate John McCain has apologized after suggesting that a 9/11-type attack on the United States would be a "boost" to the Republican White House hopeful, the Washington Post reported on June 24. |
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By Roqaya Eshmawi, Staff Writer
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DETROIT – Sen. Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, made a personal phone call to each of the two Muslim women who said they were denied seating behind him at last month’s rally in Detroit because they wore Islamic headscarves. |
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Al-Arian’s family calls latest charges against him ‘dirty game’
(AP and InFocus News Staff) RICHMOND, Va. – Dr. Sami al-Arian declined to enter a plea at his arraignment on June 30 after a federal grand jury indicted him on two counts of criminal contempt. Al-Arian has completed his nearly five-year prison term but remains in custody because he has refused to testify before a grand jury investigating Muslim charities and businesses. His attorneys had been negotiating his deportation, but the indictment puts that on hold. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Al-Arian’s family and Muslim groups are outraged at the latest developments. "This is a really dirty game the government is playing," Arian’s daughter, Laila, told the Washington Post.. "They’ve already put him through enough. Enough is enough. This will have repercussions in the American Muslim community and throughout the world." Al-Arian, a former University of South Florida computer science professor, was taken into federal custody in 2003. Prosecutors alleged that he was a leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which the United States calls a terrorist organization, but his 2005 trial in Florida ended in acquittal on some charges and a hung jury on others. The government decided to retry him, and he agreed to a plea bargain on lesser charges. He was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison. Critics say the case reflects overzealous prosecution of Muslim-Americans. Earlier this year, al-Arian went on a 57-day hunger strike to protest his detention. "After failing to convict Dr. al-Arian before a Florida jury, the government has continued to use any and all means to prolong his confinement," said al-Arian’s attorney, Jonathan Turley. Jim Rybicki, spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office, said he could not comment on a grand jury matter. The indictment alleges that al-Arian knowingly disobeyed a judge’s order to testify before the grand jury. Al-Arian has claimed that terms of his plea agreement exempt him from testifying, but two judges have rejected that claim. |
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By Asma Ahmad, Staff Writer
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LOS ANGELES – Think your religion has a monopoly on the truth? Well, you may be in the minority. A new study released by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life finds that substantial majorities of Americans from all major religions believe that their faith does not hold exclusive rights to salvation. The report, the second part of a study on Americans’ religious views, surveyed a massive sample of more than 36,000 people and also found strong links between individuals’ religion and how it affected their view on political issues. |
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