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Muslims and the War on Terror A tipoff from a prominent Toronto imam more than a year ago appears to be at the heart of arrests at the end of April in the alleged VIA Rail terror plot in Canada. In fact, counterterrorism police began their press briefing by thanking Muslim leaders. Even in the Boston marathon tragedy, national and local Muslim organizations have condemned the bombings. The largest Muslim civil rights group in the country, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, even asked Muslims to offer authorities any leads that they ay have. Moreover, in an interesting twist, mosques refused to arrange Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s janaza (Islamic funeral prayers). In fact, a number of fatwas (religious opinions) have been issued Continued on page

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The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIRCleveland), the Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) and the Carl Stokes Brigade, along with other groups recently convened an organizing forum for more than 30 community activists from across the greater Cleveland area. Topics ranged from Continued on page

Britain’s Muslims fear of reprisal, extremism rises after London attack By Amer Sultan Anxiety at least, while at most Britain’s Muslim community fear further extremism and reprisal in wake of Wednesday’s southeast London attack. Dalia, young Muslim mother of three, feels reluctant to send her two daughters to their Islamic school in north London. Thursday afternoon, Dalia received a text message on her mobile phone from “Islamia School,” one of the biggest and most well-known inner-city Islamic faith schools in Britain, advising her to take maximum precautions between home and school. As a Muslim, Dalia still feels terrified, as she “could be a target for any member of the English Defence League or other rightwing members in London.” Dalia is just one of many Muslim parents who feel very intimidated because of crime they stand up against. Since the southeast London terrorist attack on Wednesday, which killed a British Armed Forces soldier on a street in Woolwich, Muslim communities all over England are on alert. The British police were rarely seen around mosques. Yet, big numbers of their officers have been deployed around the mosques and Islamic centres during Friday prayers. “The presence of the officers were a clear and strong signal to our community that the authorities are very keen to protect Muslims as an integral part of our British society,” Mustafa Ragan, chair of the Egyptians Association in Britain. “The mainstream Muslims, who condemn any act of violence of extremism, are very frightened and terrified after the Woolwich attack,” Ragab said. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) received reports of hate assaults and abuse faced by mosques and individual Muslims following the terrorist attack. The council was very swift in deploring the attack as “an inexcusable and criminal murder.” Other main Muslim organisations rushed to join the council in condemning the killing of the British soldier as “a horrific attack, murder and mutilation, which has no links Continued on page to the teaching of Islam.”

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Terms used in this paper Alhamdulilah: Praise God Allah: Arabic word for God Fatwa: Islamic decision based on Shari’a Hadith: Sayings of the Prophet Mohammad Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca Halal: Allowed in Islam Halaqa: Group study Haram: Prohibited in Islam Hijab: Head cover for women Hijra: Migration of the Prophet from Mecca to Madina Imam: Islamic scholar Iman: Faith Inshallah: God willing Madina: City near Mecca in Saudia Arabia Masjid: Place were Muslims gather for prayer and studies Mecca: City in Saudi Arabia where Prophet Mohammad was born Pbuh: Peace be upon him Quran: Islam’s Holy book Shahadah: Is saying “I accept Allah as the one God and Mohammad as his messenger” when someone accepts Islam. Sharia’: Islamic law Shura: A council of Muslim scholars (SWT) Subhanahu Watala: Praise be to Allah Taqwa: God consciousness

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CAIR-AZ Applauds U.S. District Court Ruling (Phoenix, AZ 5/25/13) The Council on American Islamic Relations - Arizona Chapter welcomed a Friday ruling in U.S. District Court that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his deputies violated the civil rights of Latinos by racial profiling during raids and traffic stops. According to the ruling, it is now illegal to use “race or ancestry” as a factor when making traffic stops. The ruling also makes it illegal to detain or report individuals to federal immigration authorities based on “reasonable belief” alone. “It is refreshing to see the Constitutional protections afforded to all Americans - such as the 4th Amendment in this case, being protected and upheld by the U.S. District Court.” said

Imraan Siddiqi, CAIR-AZ Board Member. Siddiqi also stated “Additionally, we have been a strong opponent of racial and religious profiling - specifically the provisions of SB 1070, since they were

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ASU Muslim students remember Boston By Neekta Hamidi On the Sunday following the attacks in Boston, CAIR-AZ teamed up with Muslim Leaders of America and Muslim youth in the community to organize a

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vigil to condemn the attacks and memorialize the victims. The event was organized in just a few days time, but was able to reach out to hundreds of attendees and thousands of nonMuslims through wide media coverage of the event. Organizers

gave a few quick speeches condemning the attacks, discussing the theme of peace in Islam, and urging attendees to pray for victims and their families. After a moment of silence to remember the victims of the attacks, hundreds ofcandles were lit by the diverse group Muslim and non-Muslim attendees. The underlying purpose of this event was not to apologize for the actions of the perpetrators, but rather to unite together, as a group of youth, adults, Muslims, and nonMuslims, and express a message of sympathy and solidarity with those in Boston. We truly appreciate the coverage by multiple news sources, many non-Muslims were able to see a positive side

those who were affected by this senseless tragedy. It is our hope events like this will help build positive momentum into the future. Neekta Hamidi is a CAIR-AZ Volunteer and recently graduated in Biomedical Engineering at Arizona State University. Neekta joined the CAIR-AZ team after

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Why Guantanamo Hunger Strike Could Be the Last Why did you call your memoir “The General”? Because I was one of a limited number of prisoners at Guantanamo who spoke English, I was often forced to be an “unofficial leader” by guards and interrogators. They nicknamed me “the general.” How were you released? I was released in May 2007. I was on the “cleared for release” list for one year before I was released. Although I was a British resident and had worked as a chef in London for 16 years, I was repatriated to Morocco. I was never allowed to regain my passport so I was unable to return to London even for the release last March for my memoir. How did you go from being a chef in London to being a prisoner in Guantanamo? I had traveled to Islamabad in the late summer of 2001 on a onemonth business visa. When I saw television coverage of Afghan refugees fleeing US air strikes across the Pakistan border, I wanted to help. It’s the kind of emotional response you have when you see disasters. I thought I would volunteer for a week -- the border was not far away. But I wound up in the middle of a war zone. There was nothing I could do. When I crossed back into Pakistan I thought I was safe. I was riding in a car with five other passengers but the car was stopped at a Pakistani army checkpoint. After 44 days in a Pakistani jail, I was traded by Pakistan intelligence to the FBI. Were you the only prisoner “cleared for release?” At any one time there are as many as 50 or 60 prisoners on the “cleared for release” list, including Shaker Aamer, a native of Saudi Arabia. He is the last British resident held in

Guantanamo. President Obama claims that those who are cleared for release can’t go back either because they will face torture in their home countries, or because their governments don’t want them back. Is that true? That simply is not true. For the last 11 years the British people have been campaigning for the release and return of Shaker to his family in London. And the U.S. has already sent dozens of prisoners back to countries like Yemen and Saudi Arabia. How did you know Shaker? I knew Shaker in the isolation box. Like me, he was a father. I can tell you that a father in Guantanamo is a desperate father knowing that his kids are growing apart and away from him. They are growing away from him without his knowing, without his care, without his affection and attention. So a father in Guantanamo is simply a devastated father. Can you tell us about the hunger strike? Shaker is one of over 100 prisoners in Guantanamo who have been on a hunger strike for almost three months. The Obama Administration claims they are on a hunger strike because they want better treatment or better food. But that is not true. They are on a hunger strike because they want justice. They want freedom. They want to go home to their families. And this time they will not quit. Where you ever on a hunger strike? I was on a hunger strike many times in Guantanamo. Food is the only comfort that prisoners have in their cell. So when there is a hunger strike that means that the prisoners give up their one source of peace and comfort. They allow

themselves to fall into a deep coma. It’s like crawling with your weak body into this dark tunnel with no light at the end of it. What makes them quit? During one hunger strike in 2006 the prison commander assigned me to a special block to take care of prisoners he said were coming out of the hospital. But they were actually coming from isolation blocks that were kept ice cold. Each prisoner was shaking, each prisoner had a bruised nose with dried blood and black ringed eyes that were petrified. Everyone complained of gut wrenching pain and bleeding hemorrhoids. Soldiers would insert feeding tubes with such force and no anesthetic through their noses and throats while they were strapped to chairs. Then the soldiers would pour medication to make their bowels move. After half an hour they would wet their pants and defecate. They would be left for hours like that. If they vomited, the soldiers would repeat the process. By using these tactics, they stopped the strike. Even I begged the administration to stop. What is your biggest worry right now? This will be the last hunger

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Al-Jaafari: Syria Insists on Investigating Qatar’s Role in Abducting UN Personnel in Golan MOSCOW, (SANA) – Syria’s Permanent Representative to the

UN Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari said that Syria insists on conducting a UN investigation of the role of Qatari intelligence agencies in the abduction of UN personnel in the occupied Syrian Golan. In an interview with Russia’s Novosti news agency on Monday, al-Jaafari said that a person from Doha used a Qatari phone number to contact the people who abducted UN personnel and explained to them how to act, where to go, what to say and what to do about the abductees. He said that this information is confirmed by an email sent by a UN

employee working in Damascus to the UN headquarters, and that this email was circulated on the highest level in the UN, including the SecretaryGeneral. Al-Jaafari regretted that there has been no reaction from the UN SecretaryGeneral or his official representative after posing this very alarming issue in the statement he made at the UN on May 16th. He noted that he discussed this issue with UN UnderSecretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous, who said that he doesn’t know about it but promised an investigation, yet nothing happened. Al-Jaafari said he is confident that Qatari intelligence agencies are deeply involved in manipulating the abduction of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) personnel operating in Golan, asserting that terrorist groups present in the Golan receive instructions from Qatari intelligence and assist Israel.

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CAIR Co-Hosts Meeting of Civil, Human Rights Activists in Cleveland

immigration reform to improving civilian oversight over police to plans for direct action related to the recent fatal Cleveland police shooting of two unarmed African-Americans. “The purpose of these forums is to bring together various civil and human rights leaders and organizations to form a more united front to work on social justice issues together,” said CAIR-Cleveland Executive Director Julia A. Shearson. [CAIR-Cleveland is one of the local anchors of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and has had an active role in organizing the ongoing series of community forums. The next forum will be held on August 17, 2013 and will be cohosted by the Carl Stokes Brigade and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, CAIR-Cleveland and others.] Forum participants also discussed recent community engagement with the Department of Justice during the DOJ’s ongoing pattern and practice investigation into the use of force by the Cleveland Police Department. The Deputy United States Attorney General for Civil Rights, Thomas Perez, announced the start of the investigation in Cleveland on March 14, 2013. As part of the investigation, the Department of Justice has begun a series of outreach meetings to community groups including CAIR, the Carl Stokes Brigade, and others to gather information on police conduct in Cleveland.

Also at the forum were: Judy Martin of Survivors and Victims of Tragedy, who shared information about community action and police practices related to missing persons in the city; Bilal Mafundi Ali of the LA Community Coalition for SelfDefense Campaign who presented on police accountability; Don Bryant and Mariah Crenshaw who presented on issues related to the 137 shooting; and Marva and David Patterson of the Carl Stokes Brigade who presented on the DOJ pattern and practice investigation. The Bill of Rights Defense Committee forum was the third in a series of ongoing organizing events to engender collective action on social justice issues in greater Cleveland. Leaders from a broad spectrum of the community participated in the forum, including activists from the American Friends Service Committee; Black on Black Crime; the Methodist Church; HOLA! Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network; Carl Stokes Brigade; Audacity of Hope Foundation; Imperial Women; Food Not Bombs; Oppressed People’s Nation; Coalition for a Better Life; Organizing for Action; Survivors and Victims of Tragedy; CAIR and many others. The meeting was facilitated by nationally-known civil and human rights organizer, George Friday, National Field Organizer of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee based in Washington, D.C.

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Muslims and the War on Terror recommending that prominent individuals and imams not lead his janaza. Imam Suhaib Webb, a nationally recognized cleric from Boston, said “I don’t think I could ethically lead a prayer for him, but I would not stop people from praying upon him.” The intent behind this is to send a clear message to potential terrorists. Despite such proactive measures, some self-proclaimed experts continue to pin collective blame on Muslims, citing the “radicalization” of the community. In fact, some Islamophobes who have the ear of governments both side of the border have had the audacity to claim that 80 per cent of the mosques in are controlled by radical imams and serve as incubators of “homegrown” terrorists. There is no credible evidence to support such bald assertions. On the contrary, the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke University released a study in February titled “Muslim-American Terrorism: Declining Further,” [PDF] which concluded that Muslim terrorism was not a significant threat. It had claimed 33 lives since Sept. 11, 2001, compared with 200 victims of far-right terrorists and 180,000 murders. The Center has also documented the active role of Muslims in combating terror in the US. The same can be said for Canada. Moreover, as national security reporter Spencer Ackerman notes, “In just the past year, the mass shootings that have captivated America’s attention killed 66 Americans.” This is twice the number from Muslim-American terrorism in the 11 years after 9/11 leading up to the Boston tragedy. Muslims must not be held collectively responsible for the alleged actions of criminals among them. No other community is put in such an unenviable position. Italians are not asked to condemn the actions of the Mafia, nor were the Irish asked to apologize for the actions of the Irish Republican Army. The general public is not expected to take responsibility for the actions of the criminals who vandalized mosques and discriminated against or attacked Muslims since the tragic events of Sept. 11. In fact, the FBI has documented a dramatic spike in anti-Muslim hate and this cannot be pinned on the average American. The vast majority of Muslims condemn terrorism because even classical Islamic law explicitly classifieshirabah (terrorism) as a serious sin. In fact, indiscriminate killing and attacks are prohibited. Indeed, the Qur’an (6:151) proclaims: “Anyone who kills a person (except pursuant to law) it is as if he has killed the whole of humanity.” Moreover, the Prophet Mohammed’s strict rules of engagement even in

times of hostility were blunt: “Do not kill women or children or noncombatants.” Such nuances are lost on those with limited knowledge of their religion. Indeed, a 2010 United States Institute for Peace study [PDF] titled Why Youth Join al-Qaeda of more than 2,000 people who were attracted to terrorism confirms this. Colonel John Matt Venhaus, the author of the report, found that most of these youth “have an inadequate understanding of their own religion, which makes them vulnerable to misinterpretations of the religious doctrine.” Muslims wonder why they must keep distancing themselves from something so antithetical to their world view. Even when they disown such conduct, it is under-reported or dismissed as a PR exercise. That said, as part of a democratic civil society the Muslim community has a duty to the mainstream to address the perception real or imagined, about the extremists within. To its credit, the community has risen to the challenge. Many imams and scholars openly challenge jihadist ideology. From my legal and activism experience on both sides of the border over the years, numerous individuals and institutions have organized anti-radicalization events and even worked with counterterrorism officials in the interest of our collective security. As part of the same civil society, our governments also must do their part. First, we must re-examine our foreign policy and its consequences. It is high time to acknowledge that all innocent lives lost, whether to terrorists or to the “war on terror,” are equally deplorable. Victims do not appreciate the difference between a pressure-cooker bomb and a drone strike. Disagree with their tactics as you may, it is undeniable that there are many in the world who have legitimate grievances against our foreign policy, some of whom may allow anger to overshadow religious rules of engagement. Moreover, Washington’s drone policy has only contributed to greater distrust in both the global and domestic arena. As Farea AlMuslimi, a Yemeni writer, testified [PDF] about a drone strike against his village just before the April 23rd Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearings into the issue, “the drone strike and its impact tore my heart, much as the tragic bombings in Boston last week tore your hearts and also mine.” He described the blowback from such attacks. Second, at the domestic level, both of our governments have been on an undeclared and possibly unintended witch hunt. Muslim charities are unfairly targeted, Islam and its symbols are unnecessarily made into an issue and intelligence harassment is rampant. Terrorist profiling

often is based simply on guilt by association, which just adds to the vicious cycle of marginalization, distrust and blowback. In the US, between 2010 and 2012, lawmakers in 32 states introduced bills to ban Islamic law, and seven states—Oklahoma, Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, South Dakota, Idaho, and Tennessee—enacted such bills into law. As many commentators have documented, these bills are essentially a solution looking for a problem. In fact, these laws may have even created additional challenges for some women who sought to advance their rights. Department of Justice (DOJ) figures also suggest [PDF] that anti-Muslim “zoning bias,” where towns refuse to grant building permits for mosques, is a growing problem. In the Canadian context, some have questioned the timing of the arrests (especially given that there was no imminent threat), which appears planned to push through The Combating Terrorism Act that would revive some provisions of Canada’s Anti-terrorism Act which had “sunsetted” after a five-year period. The bill,passed two days after the arrests, revived two draconian provisions that had expired: preventive detention for three days without charges and “investigative hearings” under which a suspect who refuses to testify before a judge could be imprisoned for up to a year, as well

as new restrictions on travel. Third, government officials must be careful not to alienate the community by seeking advice only from those with an anti-Muslim agenda. Too many hawks and Islamophobes have the ear of both administrations. Fourth, the accused must be given their day in court in a fair, open and transparent manner. The trust and confidence asked of the community must not be squandered by resorting to the secret hearings and secret evidence provisions of the anti-terror legislation. Any attempt to deny due process and the rule of law will certainly have an impact on co-operation. Finally, it must be understood that the majority of Muslims, who are neither secular nor ultra-orthodox, hold the key to any serious and productive bridge-building. If government agencies believe they can win the “war on terror” by undermining front-line soldiers, they had better think again. Faisal Kutty is an assistant professor of law at Valparaiso University Law School in Indiana and serves as an adjunct professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto. He previously served as vice-chair and legal counsel to the Canadian Counsel on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN).

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Young American Muslims Coming of Age Post 9/11

Alexandra Minter, a sophomore at Tufts University was working on a video for her Arabic class last Monday when her classmate checked Facebook and saw there was an attack on the Boston Marathon. “And then once people started making accusations as to who it was, we were sitting there and I was telling the girl next me I really hope it wasn’t a Muslim,” says Minter. Minter’s is not a typical story. She grew up in rural Wisconsin. Her mother converted to Islam after marrying her stepfather who was from Morocco. While Minter accepted her mother’s conversion, the teasing began at her school. “I got called Arabian girl,” she says. About a year ago Minter decided to convert too. When she first put on a hijab, things changed. Minter’s only been a practicing Muslim for a little more than a year but already she’s experienced prejudice in Boston. “I’ve had people ask me weird questions on buses before or just get uncomfortable and get up from seats on the train,” Minter says. “I wear a headscarf so for a lot of people that creates fear, but I’m worried that it’s going to happen more now.” The second looks on the bus Minter gets, and her hope that the Boston bombers weren’t Muslim – none of these feelings surprises her classmate Chowdhury Shamsh who is the head of Tufts’ Muslim Student Association. “It’s not going to stop unfortunately. That’s something that she’s going to have to live with,” says Shamsh.

Shamsh grew up in New York City. He was only 10-years-old when the Twin Towers were attacked. It was a turning point, not just in his life in the US but as an American Muslim. “We were a model minority and nobody thought twice about having a Muslim sit next to them on the train,” says Shamsh. All that changed post 9/11 says Shamsh. His mother warned him against becoming a Muslim leader on campus, practicing his faith so openly. “She says why can’t you just practice and just keep it in your room and don’t be too open about it,” he says. That pressure to stay under the radar makes him feel like a part of a group that’s supposed to feel culpable somehow. “I don’t know how much is in my head because of the media, and the portrayal, it may be internalized it may not be real but I do feel different because of the color of my skin or my religion,” he says. When news broke about the bombings, the media went into overdrive hypothesizing about who could have done this including many reports about race and religion of the possible suspects. “The way that even our justice system and media talk about incidences based on the identity, race and religion of the perpetrator is also something that feeds into why our community fears backlash,” says Linda Sarsour, head of the National Network for Arab American Communities in New York. Minutes after the bombings, her 14-yearold son texted her asking, “Mom, who did

it?” “It’s hard to tell kids that it will be better because every time I say something really terrible happens and it gets kids back to the mindset but I didn’t do that,” says Sarsour. “It’s traumatizing as a adult to not be able to tell young people that everything is going to be okay.” But Shereen Shafi, an undergraduate studying International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore sees a silver lining. “I had to respond to peoples’ attacks and that led me to look more into the faith itself and also the history surrounding it,” Tshafi says. Shafi’s parents, both doctors, came to the US from Pakistan 20 years ago. She was born here and has only been to Pakistan once, when she was six. Growing up, her family observed the Muslim faith. She went to Sunday school, celebrated Eid, but being Muslim wasn’t a huge part of her identity, she says, until her faith got more and more scrutinized. “I think that’s the case with more and more believers having it made a big deal strengthened my connection to the faith and faith community,” she says. Shafi feels angry at the brothers who attacked people, at the racial profiling of Muslims, at the fear she’s felt these past few days when heading outside alone but it’s more complicated than pure anger.” “People get angry at Osama Bin Laden for making Muslims look bad and I think that’s generally how I felt when I was younger,” Shafi says. “At this point, because these kids were just your average teenagers … the older brother had some issues. I feel more sad that someone would be driven to do this. I do feel angry at the way they make Muslims look. I guess I’m upset that people are extrapolating from them to the broader community.” There’s sadness but each student was also quick to point to a hopeful future. Shamsh, the Muslim student leader at Tufts, put it like this: “America’s not perfect but the beautiful thing about America is that there’s room for improvement,” says Shamsh.

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US Muslim Convention Pursues Happiness CAIRO - Eyeing to promote dialogue between followers of different religions and cultures, a major Muslim convention opened in the United States on Saturday, May 25, with the aim of boost tolerance in American society. “The objective of this event is to promote dialogue between different cultures and faiths to help contribute to a more peaceful and tolerant society,” Asim Khan, lead coordinator for the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA)’s WHYISLAM Project, said in a press release obtained by OnIslam.net.”We look forward to welcoming people from all walks of life and to another great event that will draw thousands of people.” Themed Islam: The Pursuit of Happiness , the three-day annual convention aims to promote peace and tolerance in society. Muslim attendants would be offered special lectures and symposiums on how to achieve everlasting happiness. To this end, sessions would be delivered in different languages including Arabic, Urdu, Bengali and Spanish along with English.

Special sessions would also be dedicated to Muslim women to discuss issues of concern to them. A host of prominent Muslim speakers are attending the ICNA-

convention. A parallel youth event, organized by the Young Muslims (YM) organization, is being held during the three-day convention

MAS convention, including Boston imam Suhaib Webb. The convention is being held at the Connecticut Convention Center, the largest convention facility between New York and Boston. More than 15,000 Muslims from across the United States are expected to attend the annual

Themed the The Seekers: A Quest for Hope , the event aims at inspiring young American Muslims to reclaim hope in Allah’s forgiveness and in people surrounding them. The ICNA convention comes a month after a bombing targeted an international marathon in Boston

and killed three people. US Muslims have condemned the bombing, which was blamed for two brothers of Chechen origin. ICNA is one of the largest, non-profit, grassroots Muslim organizations in North America with many projects, programs, and activities designed to help in reforming society at large. Since 1968, ICNA has worked to build relations between communities by devoting itself to education, outreach, social services and relief efforts. The United States is home to a Muslim minority of between six to eight million. A US survey has also revealed that the majority of Americans know very little about Muslims and their faith. Last year, Gain Peace, a Chicago-based Muslim outreach group, launched a public and television campaign to clear long-held misconceptions about Islam.ICNA has also launched a campaign to educate Americans about Shari`ah and dispel wrong perceptions about it.

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Unlike most other toddlers Iqbal El Assaad’s favorite past time was reading a book or solving a mathematics equation. The little girl’s cognitive skills were so advanced that she learned algebra simply by sitting around her older siblings while they solved their homework. With an aptitude for processing words and numbers that were not taught to her, it did not take long for Iqbal’s father to recognize that the youngest of his four children was intellectually gifted. “I used to teach my children words and numbers to prepare them for school, but I never Continued from p. 1 One of the two suspects was filmed at the scene holding a bloodied meat cleaver, saying “We must fight them as they fight us. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” Muslim organisations reacted angrily confirming that such statement has nothing to do with Islam. The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) said differences with the political and military strategy abroad does not justify vigilante activity at home or committing murder in any ideology or religion. “We implore all Muslims to disseminate the extensive messages of peace, cooperation, trust and mutual goodness in Islam in their sermons and teachings and to condemn such acts of violence,” said the MAB in a statement. It reiterated its acknowledgement of “the service and sacrifice British soldiers make to provide security to the people of this country and others.” The children of some Muslim families are members of the government-funded Cadet Force. Maro,17, is one of those members. He received a call from his Cadet squadron warning him of walking in the street wearing the squadron uniform, which is very similar to the British army uniform. “I am very proud wearing my squadron uniform,” Maro, who is Egyptian. “Now I can’t do that as I have to follow the instructions.” Maro’s father told Ahram Online he adviced his son not to attend the squadron class and training sessions until the family confirms he is not at risk. As other squadrons all the over the country, Maro’s squadron activities include leadership training, night exercises, sports, drill, rifle drill, and communications and internet lessons. “I feel very sad. My son loves the squadron so much. It really helps him develop his personality and skills and become more integrated in the society,” the father said. The irony is my son could be targeted by the brain-washed extremists - who misunderstand Islam – because of his

taught Iqbal to count. She would watch her siblings closely and learn from them,” said her father, Mahmoud Omar El Assaad. “I would teach her brother who was in sixth grade a mathematics equation, and Iqbal who was much younger would ask me to give her a similar equation which she would solve without difficulty.” By the time she turned five, Iqbal’s intellectual prowess was widely acknowledged by teachers at her school in Lebanon, and they did their best to facilitate her development and growth by allowing her to skip several grades. uniform or by the English Defence League activists because of his Arab features if he is not in uniform, Maro’s father added. English Defence League (EDL) is a farright movement, which opposes what it considers to be ‘a spread of Islamism’ in Britain. Muslim organisations say the extreme far-right parties are as deep of a threat to the stability of Britain as other extremist groups. Police continue to provide an enhanced presence with extra patrols at key locations, such as religious venues, transport hubs and busy areas, to provide reassurance to all citizens. Despite widespread assurance from the police to all Muslims organisations and communities, Muslim families do not feel safe. “I was thinking seriously to keep my son at home, but the problem is that he has an exam on Friday,” Fekria, a Muslim mother. Her son attends a Muslim-majority high school, located near central London. “My main concern is that a large number of my son’s friends are Arab and Muslim. The students could be attacked before or after class,” Fekria added. The National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP) intensified its cooperation with the Muslim Council of Britain to help protect Muslims, their mosque and business. It has prepared an important advisory guide, which has been disseminated through its affiliate networks and other community links. The guide provides advice on best ways to respond to an attack, contact the police and alleviate the confrontation. On Friday, leaders from the Muslim community and the Archbishop of Canterbury (the leader of the Church of England) jointly called on all communities - Muslim and non-Muslim – “to come together in solidarity to ensure the forces of hatred do not prevail.”

“I could read a journal in English and Arabic when I was five-yearsold. The school principal once took me out of class so that I could read a complete lesson to students in Grade 5,” recalls Iqbal. “My father also believed that education and knowledge is number one, especially for a girl, so he taught us that education is what leads us to our goals… we had a really good educational environment at home.” With insatiable curiosity and an inherent love of learning, Iqbal, who is of Palestinian origin, was determined to fulfill her noble childhood goal of becoming a doctor in order to provide medical care to Palestinian refugees who lived in camps and were less fortunate than herself. “Since I was very young, I really wanted to help people. My family did not live in a camp, but we had family members who did and I used to visit them,” she says with empathy. “I became aware that they had a lot of medical needs and I felt that the best way to help them would be by providing family healthcare.” So when the high-achieving student completed high school at the tender age of 12, the Minister of Education in Lebanon stepped in to help her secure the most competitive scholarships. Soon afterwards, several prominent individuals and universities came forward with promising offers that ensured Iqbal would receive an outstanding education. “When they told me about the opportunity to study at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar and I read about the university and Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, I was very happy. Weill Cornell is known across the world for offering top medical programmes and I was really pleased to receive a scholarship from Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser,” she says. Iqbal is now one of the youngest doctors in the world. The 20-yearold has earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMCQ) and is exceptionally grateful to Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and to all the

individuals who helped her along the way. “I would really like to thank them for giving me this opportunity, because I never dreamed that I would be educated at one of the best universities in the world, so I extend a special thank you to Her Highness and to Qatar Foundation as a whole.” Iqbal’s father was thrilled to see his daughter receive her degree alongside this year’s batch of 35 graduating doctors from WCMCQ. He said, “As a father, I can truly say that the world is not big enough to contain my pride or happiness. Several people were keen to support Iqbal along the way, but we felt that this would be the best course for her to take. Her Highness Sheikha Moza is recognized for her generosity and the university has a fantastic reputation, so it was the natural choice to make.” The fresh graduate will be starting her residency at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic in the United States this summer and she hopes to specialize in pediatrics, with a long-term view to becoming a pediatric cardiologist. “My plan is to do the residency and then do a fellowship. I am of course planning to come back to the Middle East after I train, since this field is not well developed in the region as a whole,” says the compassionate doctor. “Then I would like to join an academic health centre so that I can undertake research and teach other medical students so they too can become doctors one day.” But Iqbal has not forgotten about the childhood dream she harbors and intends to continue working hard and with the utmost dedication until she realizes it. “My biggest dream is to come back to Lebanon and open a free clinic for the Palestinians in the camp and to help them out as much as I possibly can.”

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Campaign Counters Depression Stigma Among Asian Americans SAN FRANCISCO – So you’re Asian American and you’re depressed. You suffer from insomnia and stomachache – symptoms frequently associated with depression. But heaven forbid you want to seek the help of a mental health caregiver. As a member of the “model minority” community in the United States, would that not diminish your standing in the eyes of other Asians, perhaps even among your own friends and family members? The pressure to live up to the model minority myth, sometimes coupled with cultural and language barriers, is driving scores of Asian and Pacific Islanders, one of the fastest growing ethnic communities in the United States, into depression and even suicide. Sadly, according to recent studies, they are the least likely to utilize mental health services among other ethnic communities. “The stigma is so great,” observed Sylvia X. Bhatia, a Chinese American woman and one of seven founders of the San Francisco Bay Area online campaign, “It’s Ok,” set to launch May 10. The goal of the public awareness campaign is to send the message that it’s OK to seek help for depression, and it connects people to mental health providers focused on serving Asian Americans. In 2010, the State of California and the City and County of San Francisco declared that May 10 each year would be observed as Asian Pacific American Mental Health Day. Mental health experts say mental illness in the Asian community is more severe than ever before. Asian-American women, for example, have the highest rate of suicide among women 65 and older and the second-highest rate for women between 15 and 24, according to a 2003 national study by the Ford Foundation. And Chinese immigrants have a depression prevalence rate of 34 percent, compared with 9 percent

in the general population, based on a 2006 study by Asian American Family Services. For many Asians, talking about emotional problems is socially and culturally unacceptable. They believe the stigma will shame their family and make them appear weak. Additionally, mental illness is a Western concept that some Asians do not fully understand. In some Asian languages, there is no term for mental illness, according to Dr. Russell A. Lim, a professor at UC Davis, whose clinical focus is trans-cultural and community psychiatry. Bhatia hopes the “It’s Ok” campaign will draw Asians out of their silence and eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness. “We want to provide a safe forum where they can share their stories and not feel ostracized,” she said. “Hopefully, that will start the conversation.” The campaign hopes to leverage the power of social media and connect those seeking help with one another and to the many resources available to them. Right now, “those resources are underutilized,” Bhatia said. Some of the organizations that will provide services include: * Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center * Family Service Agency of San Francisco * Asian Americans for Community Involvement * Chinese-American Family Alliance for Mental Health * RAMS, Inc. (Richmond Area Multi-Services, Inc.) * Asian Community Mental Health Services * Community Health for Asian Americans. The “It’s Ok” campaign will initially focus on the San Francisco Bay Area, “but there’s room for growth,” Bhatia asserted.

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Bipolar Disorder Linked to Prenatal Flu Exposure New connect with Iranian friends. The patiegoveIn clinical medicine, the root cause of it,” the aualleviate the harm done to innocent civilians. A recent study suggests another reason why pregnant women should consider the flu vaccine. Researchers believe prenatal exposure to the flu may increase a child’s risk of developing bipolar disorder later in life by nearly fourfold. W h i l e the study conducted cannot prove gestational i n fl u e n z a causes a child to develop the mental disorder, the association suggests that it may be preventable. “The idea is that if influenza is playing a causal role - and we can’t say that from one study - there is a vaccine,” Dr. Alan Brown, a professor of psychiatry and epidemiology at Columbia University, said in an interview with Reuters. “It’s affordable and also I would argue that there are

other things that pregnant women could do. For example, hand washing and staying away from people with the flu.” In the study, the researchers looked for a connection between flu exposure and a child’s bipolar diagnoses. In collected data, they found of the 92 kids who were exposed to the flu while in the womb, 9 percent were later diagnosed with the mental illness. The number is 7 percentage points higher than those who were not exposed. “What we found is that

(schizophrenia and bipolar disorder) share at least this in common. Maternal influenza is related to bipolar disorder,” Brown said. Brown said they did not find and link between the mental illness and a mother’s common cold or other upper respiratory infections.

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New York Bangladeshis Mobilize to Aid Factory Victims NEW YORK -- On a Friday afternoon, nearly two weeks after a deadly factory collapse in Bangladesh, Kamil Ahmed went with his family to a mosque in Brooklyn. He grieved for those who perished and prayed for those who survived the disaster. And he made an urgent plea to his fellow Bangladeshis for donations. One by one, he handed out empty letter-envelopes after the prayer meetings, telling those he knew that “small, big, or any amount matters.” Some immediately gave dollar bills, while others wrote a check. The money will go to Savar Victims Fund, a relief campaign that Bangladeshi Society, Inc. (BSI)— a national group of Bangladeshi immigrants based in Queens, N.Y. — established a few days after the April 24 collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Dhaka. The death toll from the disaster stands at 1,127. It is the deadliest industrial accident since the Bhopal disaster in India in 1984. Five factories were operating in the Rana Plaza, located in the town of Savar, about 20 miles outside Dhaka, when the structure fell. Donations to Savar go directly to the Prime Minister Fund, a general relief fund that the Bangladesh Embassy in New York has created. “We will go from one mosque to another to ask for help,” said Ahmed, 62, president of BSI. “Most of us are working-class people. We’re not wealthy, but everyone is supportive and willing to give something.” That Friday alone, he and his friends were able to collect about $1,200, which he described as a significant step toward their ultimate goal of somewhere “between $20,000 and $25,000” before May ends. Similar efforts are underway in other Bangladeshi communities outside New York, says Ahmed. fundraiser has also been planned for May 28, with about 300 Bangladeshi business-owners expected to attend. Ahmed notes that BSI’s social welfare secretary keeps track of the donation records and sends receipts to donors. To ensure that donations go to the victims and their families, some BSI members have even volunteered to fly to Bangladesh to help with the relief efforts. “They’re offered to pay for their tickets out of their own pockets,” says Ahmed. Mosque Attendance Up After Collapse

Muhibur Rahman, imam at Baitul Zannah Mosque in Brooklyn, says in the days following the garment factory collapse, mosque attendance rose dramatically. Many asked what they could do to help.

ones among the dead. “It’s a long list. But that’s something that we didn’t see anywhere else,” notes Taher. Bangla Patrika has also helped in spreading the word about

“Before our prayer meetings, I make an announcement about the donation drive,” says Rahman, 65, a native of Bangladesh. “This is a devastating calamity. It is important to stand beside them [victims] and those who are affected.” Rahman also expressed support for greater efforts to pressure the government in Bangladesh to address the issue of building safety. Officials reportedly ignored safety violations issued just days before the collapse of Rana Plaza. Says Rahman, “Some say that it’s the negligence of the building owners. I think the government needs to enforce strict laws and regulations.” An Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, meanwhile, has been adopted by global clothing retailers, demanding a five-year commitment to safety inspection and $500,000 per year toward safety improvements. A number of major US retailers have declined to participate. “We pray,” says Rahman, “that Bangladesh and its people are able to recover soon.” Bangla Media Abu Taher, editor of Bangla Patrika, says his publication, as well as other U.S.-based Bangladeshi news outlets, have served as a collective “bulletin board to inform and connect people in the community.” Immediately after the rescue and as soon as victims were identified, media here began to print the names so readers would know whether they have friends or loved

fundraising efforts— telling readers how can they contribute, where they can send their donations and how they can volunteer their time. Data from the 2010 U.S. Census show there are about 15,000 Bangladeshis in the New York

area and about 148,000 across the United States. “People are calling us and asking for information,” says Taher. “Our community has been responding really well.” Closer to Home Helal Uddin was born and raised in a neighboring village close to site of the Savar tragedy. “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” he says, when images of the collapse first flashed across his television screen. He says poverty is a reality for most residents of the area, and that the garment factories were often the sole means of making a living. Reports note employees in the factory earned an average of $37 a month for their labors. Friends and neighbors, meanwhile, have since shared more details with Uddin, a small business owner in Brooklyn. One neighbor told him he’d received a call from someone in a nearby village, with relatives who died in the accident. “We’re glad someone was able to make the connection and has informed us what the victims need.

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The Importance of Giving – Charity Starts Here By Fathiyyah Bashshar Muslim Voice To give from ones wealth in charity is from one of the greatest actions that Allah has blessed the Muslim Nation with. To spend in charity or sadaqah as it is known, has been mentioned in numerous Qur’ânic verses and Prophetic narrations. Its importance and necessity simply cannot be emphasized enough for as the Prophet ( sallallâhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “ Sadaqah is a proof” i.e. to give in charity actually proves a person’s religion and faith, and especially their with Allah which means ‘truthfulness and sincerity’ with ones Lord. Allah ‘azza wa jall says in His Noble Book: “O you who believe! Spend of that with which We have provided for you, before a Day comes when there will be no bargaining, nor

friendship, nor intercession. And it is the disbelievers who are the Wrongdoers.” [al-Baqarah 2:254] Allâh ‘azza wa jall says in the Qur’ân: “Never will you attain righteousness until you spend from that which you love. And whatever you spend, indeed Allâh is Knowing of it.” [‫آ‬le-’Imran, 3:92] The Muslim says, ‘All my wealth, all my wealth!’ whereas he only really has three parts to his wealth: That which is eaten, and so it is consumed. That which is worn, and so it wears out. And that which is given in charity, for this is stored for him. Anything other than that will whither away to be left for the people behind him. We must realize how desperate we are in need of forgiveness for our wrong actions and our dire need for good deeds to help weigh up our scales. One would do well to consider the following Prophetic advice for that Day when no single thing shall be

forgotten. We find ourselves in difficult times, both individually and as a Nation. The poor are simply becoming poorer and more desperate, with war and famine raging in our Lands like an insatiable fire. Personally we in the richer countries are being hit with less work but higher living costs, increased mouths to feed, and a never-ending amount of requests for donations for all types of Islamic charity needs, establishments, mosques, madrasahs and on and on. One senses that people are getting tired of giving, something termed ‘Charity Fatigue’... My fellow Muslims, Islam doesn’t recognize such a concept. We can not become fatigued from giving from that which we have been given as a trust i.e. our wealth. Islam doesn’t allow Muslims to force themselves into poverty but that does not apply to 99% of us here in the Western countries. One of the greatest responsibilities of life is to ensure that we do the right thing with the money we

earn – giving it away as charity is clearly the greatest continual action one can do with it until we enter a grave where that money will be of no avail. We should conclude that to give Sadaqah will be a proof of ones faith and commitment to Allah. It is the expiator of our mistakes, and a very small amount can bring unimaginable spiritual and material rewards, both in this life and in the Hereafter. It protects one from the Fire of Hell and extinguishes our sins. It leads to blessings in the wealth one has in this world as well as the best possible investment in the Hereafter, personally managed by the best of advisors, Allah the Almighty, the Most Merciful. Don’t you think then that giving Charity should start right here and now? “Say, ‘Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts (it) for him. But whatever thing you spend (in His cause) – He will compensate it; and He is the best of Providers.” [Saba’, 34:39]

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