U.S. imams arrested, accused of helping Pakistani Taliban

U.S. imams arrested, accused of helping Pakistani Taliban

By Saladin on from www.cnn.com

The United States has charged six people with helping to support and finance the Pakistani Taliban, a group the American government considers a terrorist organization.

The U.S. Justice Department said Saturday that three residents of the southern state of Florida, all naturalized American citizens of Pakistani descent, have been arrested and indicted by a grand jury, while three other people remain at large in Pakistan.

U.S. authorities allege that the six used an elaborate system of bank
Two Muslim imams kicked off plane, ironically while on the way to a conference about Islamophobia

Two Muslim imams kicked off plane, ironically while on the way to a conference about Islamophobia

By Saladin on from www.dailymail.co.uk

Two Muslim religious leaders were asked to leave a commercial airliner in Memphis - and were told it was because the pilot refused to fly with them aboard.

Masudur Rahman and another imam had already been allowed to board their Delta Connection flight from Memphis, Tennessee, to Charlotte, North Carolina before they were asked to get off the plane.

Ironically, the two men were headed to a North American Imams conference discussing Islamophobia or fears of Islam and dis
Virtual Pulpit: Net Mosques, Congregations & Imams – Talk by Imam Suhaib Webb

Virtual Pulpit: Net Mosques, Congregations & Imams – Talk by Imam Suhaib Webb

By SuhaibWebb on from www.suhaibwebb.com

Virtual Pulpit: Net Mosques, Congregations & ImamsSpeech by Imam Suhaib Webb at the ”Islam and Media” conference, held on March 8th, 2010 at UC Berkeley.This event was the second in a series organized by UC Berkeley’s Centers of South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East Studies in their year-long Islam Today program. This program, with [...]
FOX News (Detroit): Imam’s Son Calls Death Barbaric

FOX News (Detroit): Imam’s Son Calls Death Barbaric

By MuslimMatters on from muslimmatters.org

Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah was shot to death last fall. The report shows he was struck 21 times. His son, Omar Regan tells Fox 2 his father was unjustly killed.
French Imams Support Burqa Ban

French Imams Support Burqa Ban

By IslamOnline on from www.islamonline.net

A prominent French imams group is backing a ban on face-veil for doing disservice to the interests of the Muslim minority in the country, but the group’s stance....
Canadian and American Imams issue fatwa against terrorist attacks

Canadian and American Imams issue fatwa against terrorist attacks

By funkymonkey on from blog.beliefnet.com

Last week, a group of twenty Imams from across the United States and Canada, all affiliated with the Islamic Supremem Council of Canada, issued a fatwa (religious edict) declaring that any attack on America or Canada is equivalent to an attack on the millions of muslims living in these nations.
Spain Imams Launch Umbrella Body

Spain Imams Launch Umbrella Body

By IslamOnline on from www.islamonline.net

VALENCIA – Spanish Muslims launched Saturday, October 26, an independent, self-regulatory body to train imams in the southern European country..
US Imams Compensated for Airport Profiling

US Imams Compensated for Airport Profiling

By IslamOnline on from www.islamonline.net

US Airways has agreed to compensate six imams it kicked off a domestic flight in 2006, a decision welcomed by a leading Muslim advocacy group as a "victory for justice" in one of the most infamous cases of what some call "flying while a Muslim"....
Pakistan Deports "Provocative" Afghan Imams

Pakistan Deports "Provocative" Afghan Imams

By IslamOnline on from www.islamonline.net

PESHAWAR – Authorities in the North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) have launched a major crackdown on Afghans serving as prayer leaders on charges of provoking people against Pakistani and US governments in their sermons..
Imam's Arrest Clouds FBI-Muslim Ties

Imam's Arrest Clouds FBI-Muslim Ties

By IslamOnline on from www.islamonline.net

CAIRO — The recent arrest of a New York imam, known for his cooperation with the FBI, on terror-related charges is casting its shadows on relations between US Muslims and the law enforcement authorities..

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