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THE AL-ARIAN CASE:
ACTIVISTS, LEGAL EXPERTS WEIGH IN As Panel Convenes in DC, Appeal Goes to Supreme Court
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trial was postponed indefinitely last Friday by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema.
Laila Al-Arian, the daughter of jailed professor Dr. Sami Al-Arian, was one of nine speakers at an American Muslim Alliance-sponsored civil rights forum Tuesday evening, Aug. 12, in Washington, D.C.
Still, over 130 people, including a group of supporters from Tampa Bay, Fla., Sami Al-Arian’s hometown, attended the forum, despite the lastminute trial postponement.
The event, held at the Historical Society of Washington, was supposed to be a precursor to Al-Arian’s high-profile criminal contempt trial on Wednesday. Instead, it stood on its own as the
The speeches ranged from general talks about interfaith dialogue to the particulars of the case, which Laila Al-Arian reviewed in the beginning of the forum. She said the case was put on hold
Costco Confirms Lamb is Halal Some Fear News Will Impact Local Halal Meat Stores
until the U.S. Supreme Court reviews an appeal that exempts Sami Al-Arian from having to testify in court. Prosecutors originally sought criminal contempt charges due to the Islamic activist’s refusal to testify in an ongoing case against some Islamic organizations in Virginia.
Laila Al-Arian talked about the day FBI agents entered to arrest her father at 5 a.m. That morning, the family “woke up with guns in their faces.” Since then, the case has
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DON’T BLINK .... THE BREAK IS ALMOST OVER
they had halal meat in the stores. Many do not know what halal meat is and in some chains they often open up the packaging, cut and repackage the halal meat. This meat, which is Australian-certified, is halal when it is sent to the stores. But the meat manager at a Woodbridge, Va., Safeway said he was unaware that the Australian and New Zealand lamb was halal.
By Amalia Rehman Muslim Link Contributing Writer
selling halal, or Islamically lawful, meat.
Recently, there have been many emails concerning Costco, Safeway and Giant apparently
Before getting too excited, one should know that some meat managers and store managers in the D.C. area did not even know
“The cryovac packages are not the best quality. We have found them to be dark and unattractive. So, often we open the packages
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A martial artist from the Al-Azhar School of Pencak Silat demonstrates his skills at Summerfest 2008. Photo by Marc Manley
LOOKING BACK AT ISB SUMMERFEST 2008
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