U.S. House of Representatives Hearing on Muslim Radicalization
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Recent AIFD Headlines & Commentaries
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- Editorial: Jasser unmoved by radical foes The Arizona Republic
- "If CAIR's Attacking, You Must be Good: We should honor moderate Muslims like Zuhdi Jasser" National Review Online
- On Yom HaShoah AIFD remembers the Holocaust
AIFD Media Focus
AIFD in the Media
- "Jasser denounces critics as 'leaders of the Islamist movement in America'," Caroline May, The Daily Caller, April 19, 2012 The Daily Caller
The president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) has some harsh words for opponents of his appointment to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
"You could actually use the list of people protesting us, it's a pretty good list of some of the leaders of the Islamist movement in America," Zuhdi Jasser, who has been a vocal opponent of political Islam, told The Daily Caller.
- "Honor killing" under growing scrutiny in the U.S. CBS News
Three years ago, Razan Fayez was working as a family law attorney at the Tahirih Justice Center, a Virginia-based non-profit organization that helps women and children around the world who are fleeing forced marriages, so-called "honor violence," and genital mutilation in places like Togo and Pakistan find safety in the United States.
- IRD Hails New Appointments to Global Religious Freedom Watchdog Christian Newswire
Two religious liberty advocates appointed this week to serve as Commissioners on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) are being met with sharply differing responses.
- New Faces at U.S. Int'l Religious Freedom Watchdog Include 'Anti-Islamist' Muslim, Leading Catholic Conservative CNSnews.com
(CNSNews.com) - An independent statutory body advising the U.S. government on international religious freedom issues is undergoing a process of change across the board, with the bulk of its commissioners - including some who have served for a decade - being replaced.
- NYPD's Ray Kelly vs. LA Sheriff Lee Baca Right Side News
Head Sheriff of Los Angeles, Lee Baca has cultivated relationships with Muslims and has cemented close ties to CAIR and other Muslim political action groups.
- Lesson in free speech for Jewish students THE JEWISH CHRONICLE ONLINE
The world is rife with controversy over the Middle East and intimidation of anyone brave enough to speak truth about it.
- American Muslims and the Liberal Media Stereotype American Thinker
When a group of us -- American Muslims -- went to New York City to voice the concerns of the silent majority and support the law enforcement there, we were confronted by the mainstream media's unabashed hostility.
AIFD Issues in the Media
Domestic Policy Issues
- Media Matters for America linked with anti-American, anti-Israel Al-Jazeera network The Daily Caller
Media Matters for America is linked with Al-Jazeera, the anti-American and anti-Israeli cable news channel, The Daily Caller has learned.
- Where's Obama? The New York Sun
The AP has run so many stories on what it sees as a scandal that we found ourselves wondering in recent days why President Obama hasn't joined the bi-partisan chorus that has been defending the NYPD and its commissioner, Raymond Kelley.
- Mass. man goes to trial on US terror charges Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) - Prosecutors portray Tarek Mehanna as a terrorist in the making, a man who tried to help al-Qaida by promoting violent jihad online and traveling to Yemen to seek training in a terrorist camp.
Foreign Policy Issues
- The New Arab Cold War and the Struggle for Syria Middle East Research and Information Project
Once again, regional politics shows many signs of an Arab cold war and, once again, that broader conflict is manifesting itself in a struggle for Syria.
- Syria: 'I am the real dictator', declares Asma al-Assad The Telegraph
Asma al-Assad, the British-born wife of Syria's president, told a friend that she was the "real dictator" in the family, according to leaked emails that suggest she holds a cherished place in the leader's inner circle.
- Why the U.S. should intervene in Syria The Washington Post
They are three distinguished senators, but their staffers call them the "three amigos" - because they travel abroad together a lot, because they often speak up together and because they not infrequently find themselves standing alone. This month, John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham are talking about Syria.