Time to Take Sides
After an April debate against MAS Boston director, Bilal Kaleem, Dr. Jasser reflects on the tone deafness of local Massachusetts political leadership with their blind coddling of leading Islamists.
Recent AIFD Headlines & Commentaries
- A Muslim Soldier BigPeace.com
- Lack of Space Technology Is Not the Muslim World's Problem National Review
- We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident BigPeace.com
- Symposium/Debate: The World's Most Wanted: a "Moderate Islam"- Frontpage Magazine
- Mosque Unbecoming The New York Post
AIFD Media Focus
AIFD in the Media
- Frequent Muslim Speaker to Kids in New York Schools Supports Hamas, Hezbollah Pajamas Media
In communicating with Hassan Shibly, it's hard to see why this frequent guest speaker at schools in New York would be embroiled in a controversy; however, his views speak for themselves.
- Alomari Axed by Ohio Homeland Security Investigative Project on Terrorism
Omar Alomari is removed from his position with Ohio Homeland Security after a series of revelations and concerns.
- Radical Islamist Group Is Returning to Chicago for Major Recruitment Drive Fox News
Hizb ut-Tahrir returns to Chicago for its second annual conference and recruitment drive. Dr. Jasser comments on addressing the threat of this separatist group.
- At Ground Zero, a blowup over a mosque The Reporter Online
Some Muslim Americans see it differently. M. Zuhdi Jasser, president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, believes the Mosque proposal is "well-intentioned but misguided. "
- A mosque at Ground Zero? Boston Globe
Jeff Jacoby asks what moderate Muslims say about the mosque planned at ground zero?
- Ground Zero mosque imam a closet Islamist? Beliefnet
Questions arise concerning the man behind the Ground Zero Mosque.
- Short on Allah Dollars New York Post
Ground Zero mosque lacking funds among bookkeeping chaos.
AIFD Issues in the Media
Domestic Policy Issues
- No Mosque at Ground Zero Human Events
One of our biggest mistakes in the aftermath of 9/11 was naming our response to the attacks "the war on terror" instead of accurately identifying radical Islamists (and the underlying ideology of radical Islamism) as the target of our campaign.
- Court Ruling Clears Way for Khadr's Gitmo Trial New York Post
- Army expands probe into soldier suspected of earlier leak CNN
In the wake of the leak of thousands of classified documents, the U.S. Army has expanded its criminal investigation into a soldier, Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, who was allegedly involved in the earlier leak of a combat video and thousands of military documents, according to the Pentagon.
Foreign Policy Issues
- Canada joins crackdown on radical Muslim cleric National Post
- UAE Says BlackBerry Data Handling Violates the Law IDG News
The offshore storage of data by Research In Motion for its BlackBerry smartphones conflicts with a 2007 law passed in the United Arab Emirates, the country's telecommunications regulator has said.
- Deadly Terror Group Expands Area of Operations, Mullen Says American Forces Press Service, DoD
At a news conference in New Delhi, India, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen told reporters that Lashkar-e-Taiba is expanding its area of operations to Afghanistan and Bangladesh.