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Domestic Casualties of the So-Called "War On Terrorism": As Hate Crimes Flourish, a Mosque Is Destroyed in Columbus, Ohio

From Colombia to Columbus, Ohio, the violence of the war on terrorism spans the globe.
Jan 11, 2002 | Story
As Pacifica Stations WBAI, Kpfk and Wpfw Continue to Censor Democracy Now!, a Medley of Thevoices That Pacifica Has Refused to Air Since September 11

This is day two of Democracy Now!'s return to the airwaves of Pacifica Radio after five months in exile. At its firstmeeting just over one week ago, Pacifica's new interim national board voted by a 2/3 majority to bring back DemocracyNow! to its original time slots on all 5 stations.
Jan 08, 2002 | Story
Justice Not Served for the Muslim Community

As holiday shoppers assembled in New York’s Rockefeller Center yesterday, an alliance of New Yorkers from the NewYork Coalition for Peace and Justice gathered for a holiday rally calling for an end to war.
Dec 17, 2001 | Story
As the World Pays New Attention to Women in Afghanistan, Muslim Women Debate Feminism Andfundamentalism

In the last three months, as the US-led war in Afghanistan has escalated, the situation of Muslim women has taken theworld’s center stage. With many Afghan men killed in fighting, women now make up 54 percent of Afghanistan’spopulation. Many Afghan women have led lives constrained by both ancient customs and poverty: the female literacyrate is less than 5 percent. But before the country was devoured by violence, Afghan women were granted...
Dec 13, 2001 | Story
Ashcroft Hearings

Attorney General John Ashcroft resolutely defended the Justice Department’s anti-terrorism tactics yesterday, telling a Senate committee the measures are necessary to prevent future attacks and suggesting that criticism of them aids the terrorist cause. Ashcroft defended Bush administration measures declaring the nation must not let down its guard against threats that present "a daily chronicle of the hatred of Americans by fanatics."
Dec 07, 2001 | Story
Muslim Feminists Have Been Denouncing Islamic Fundamentalism for Years, But the World Pays Them No Heed

In an op-ed piece in the New York Times last month, acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie tells the world that "highly motivated organizations of Muslim men" whom he labels "Islamists" have been engaged in radical political movements all over the Islamic world, that have been systematically destroying their own societies, with much of their venom focused on the female citizenry. In a parenthetical aside, Rushdie sighs, "Oh,...
Dec 07, 2001 | Story
Ins Arrests a Palestinian Teacher in Florida for Supposed Involvement with Terroristorganizations

With his wife at work and his three daughters still in bed, Mazen Al-Najjar walked out of his apartment Saturdaymorning to get quarters to do his laundry. Outside his apartment, INS agents were waiting to take him away.
Nov 26, 2001 | Story
Federal Authorities Ransack a Somali Grocery Store in Seattle; Somalis and Anti-Globalization Activists Join Forces in Protest

As we have seen, the domestic crackdown on people of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Arab origin continues toescalate in this country. But the discrimination has not even been restricted to people of these ethnic origins.During the World Trade Organization meetings in Qatar two weeks ago, federal authorities raided and ransacked aSomali grocery store in Seattle.
Nov 26, 2001 | Story
U.N Security Council Votes Unanimously for a Resolution Encouraging Member States Toparticipate in a Peace-Keeping Force

The United Nations Security Council yesterday voted unanimously for a resolution encouraging member states to providemilitary and other support for security arrangements in areas no longer controlled by the Taliban militia.
Nov 15, 2001 | Story
In a Time of Crackdown On Immigrant, Arab, and South Asian Communities in the US, Actor Peter Coyote Talks to US About Knowing Our Rights

Since September 11 the Bush Administration has launched an unprecedented assault on the rights of immigrants and theaccused in the name of fighting terrorism.
Nov 15, 2001 | Story

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Domestic Casualties of the So-Called "War On Terrorism": As Hate Crimes Flourish, a Mosque Is Destroyed in Columbus, Ohio

As Pacifica Stations WBAI, Kpfk and Wpfw Continue to Censor Democracy Now!, a Medley of Thevoices That Pacifica Has Refused to Air Since September 11

Justice Not Served for the Muslim Community

As the World Pays New Attention to Women in Afghanistan, Muslim Women Debate Feminism Andfundamentalism

Ashcroft Hearings

Muslim Feminists Have Been Denouncing Islamic Fundamentalism for Years, But the World Pays Them No Heed

Ins Arrests a Palestinian Teacher in Florida for Supposed Involvement with Terroristorganizations

Federal Authorities Ransack a Somali Grocery Store in Seattle; Somalis and Anti-Globalization Activists Join Forces in Protest

U.N Security Council Votes Unanimously for a Resolution Encouraging Member States Toparticipate in a Peace-Keeping Force

In a Time of Crackdown On Immigrant, Arab, and South Asian Communities in the US, Actor Peter Coyote Talks to US About Knowing Our Rights

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