Entries by AIFD
8/6/13 Army won’t suspend contracts with Al Qaeda-tied companies, citing ‘due process rights’
Source: Fox News The U.S. Army is refusing to suspend contracts with dozens of companies and individuals tied to Al Qaeda and other extremist groups out of concern for their “due process rights,” despite repeated pleas from the chief watchdog for Afghanistan reconstruction. In a scathing passage of his latest report to Congress, Special Inspector […]
House Hearing on Religious Minorities in Syria
Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 8:56 AM Mark Movsesian Yesterday, the US House of Representatives held a joint subcommittee hearing on the situation of religious minorities in Syria, Religious Minorities in Syria: Caught in the Middle. Co-sponsored by the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations and the Subcommittee on the Middle East […]
Honor violence lost in the haze of the presidential election and General Petraeus scandal
Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Honor violence lost in the haze of the presidential election and General Petraeus scandal Two recent legal proceedings in Southwest are teaching moments for understanding Honor Abuse PHOENIX (November 16, 2012) – Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, a devout Muslim and author of “A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An […]
02/26/2016 AIFD Condemns so-called “Compromise” on FGM, Demands Evaluation of Doctor Ethics
(Phoenix, AZ, February 26, 2016) AIFD is both outraged and gravely disappointed to learn of the recent “compromise” position offered by physicians Kavita Shah Arora and Allan J. Jacobs in the Journal of Medical Ethics on the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). Arora and Jacobs refer to the practice, which mutilates, maims, tortures and […]
02/18/2016 Phoenix Terror Trial: we will Continue to Speak Out – will America Listen?
(Phoenix ,AZ, February 18, 2016) This week marks the start of a case absolutely everyone should be paying attention to: the trial of Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, 44, who is charged with helping to facilitate the armed attack on the “Draw Muhammad” cartoon contest in Garland, Texas on May 3rd, 2015; as well as a […]
Conservative Muslims Respond To Islamist Violence Over Anti-Muhammad Film: ‘Islam Needs To Come Into Modernity’
Conservative Muslims Respond To Islamist Violence Over Anti-Muhammad Film: ‘Islam Needs To Come Into Modernity’ Billy Hallowell, The Blaze 9/12/12 The tragic events that unfolded on Tuesday in Egypt and Libya perfectly illustrate the ongoing stalemate between the West and much of the Middle East. The stark reaction to an anti-Islam film that was produced […]