Sentencing Date Changed to September 23rd, 2010
Dr. Aafia’s Sentencing Hearing has been adjourned again until September 23rd, 2010 @ 8:45am.
The Hearing will be held in Judge Berman’s court at 500 Pearl Street in Manhattan, New York 10007.
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 [...]
Fahad Hashmi’s Sentencing Date Changed to June 9th
Syed Fahad Hashmi’s sentencing will take place on Wednesday June 9, 2010 at 3:30pm.
The Hearing will be held in front of Judge Loretta Preska at 500 Pearl Street in Manhattan, New York 10007.
Please come and support.
NYC Case a Wake-Up Call for Muslims
May 6, 2010
by Aisha Gawad
I was raised in the Southern United States, reciting the pledge of allegiance every morning, memorizing the Bill of Rights, and listening to country singers croon about good ole American values. Like many young Muslim-Americans, I felt just like my blonde, blue-eyed classmates until the [...]
Published on Thursday, April 29, 2010 by CommonDreams.org
Fahad Hashmi and Terrorist Hysteria in US Courts
by Andy Worthington
In America’s post-9/11 zeal for elevating terror suspects to the status of supermen, existentially threatening the very life of the United States in an unprecedented manner (rather than managing one massive attack on the US through the intelligence agencies’ [...]
April 30, 2010
STATEMENT OF FAISAL HASHMI ON BEHALF OF FAMILY OF SYED FAHAD HASHMI
Earlier this week our beloved son and brother Fahad pleaded guilty to a single charge of material support for terrorism. He took the plea after spending four years in prison, three of them in complete isolation.
Fahad’s lawyer David Ruhnke said Fahad “made [...]
April 27, 2010
Hello everyone,
Fahad Hashmi pleaded guilty today to one count of material support. There will be no trial, instead a sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 7th.
Thank you,
Muslim Justice Initiative
Muslimsforjustice.org
