Is it Islam that’s ‘Inherently Intolerant’ or is it American Society?
An account of the sentencing of Fahad Hashmi, an American citizen sentenced to 15 years for aiding al-Qaida.
By Madeleine Dubus
June 30, 2010
On June 9 at 3:30 p.m. over a hundred people lined the halls outside a courtroom at the U.S. District Courthouse at 500 Pearl [...]
A License to Witch-Hunt
A Supreme Court decision on the Patriot Act shows where Barack Obama stands.
http://socialistworker.org/2010/06/23/license-to-witch-hunt
June 23, 2010
THE U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a part of the USA PATRIOT Act that criminalizes free speech as “terrorism”–and the Obama administration, which was expected to stop its predecessor’s assault on the Constitution, is celebrating the decision [...]
From the Family of Fahad Hashmi
June 10, 2010
A chapter has closed in our brother Fahad’s ordeal with the United States government. Yesterday’s sentence reflects a harsh imposition of 15 years in prison. The proceedings were a clear indication of the government’s gross exaggeration, distortion of facts, and fear-mongering to serve their purposes. Before he was [...]
America’s Non-Compliance
Gareth Peirce presents the case against extradition
During the first months of this year, the embers of a long running legal controversy have reignited in the United States. ‘Of all the issues,’ Rahm Emanuel was told by the senior Republican senator for South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, ‘this is the one that could bring the presidency [...]
