Entries by AIFD
Egypt demonstrators reject Mursi call for dialogue
Reuters.com 12/6/12 (Reuters) – Demonstrators rejected a call from Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Mursi for a national dialogue after deadly clashes around his palace, demanding the “downfall of the regime” – the chant that brought down Hosni Mubarak. Mursi said in a televised speech late on Thursday that plans were on track for a referendum […]
Deadly embassy attacks were days in the making
Deadly embassy attacks were days in the making by Sara Lynch and Oren Dorell, USA TODAY, Detroit Free Press, September 12, 2012 CAIRO — Days of planning and online promotion by hard-line Islamist leaders helped whip up the mobs that stormed the U.S. Embassy in Egypt and launched a deadly attack on the U.S. Embassy […]
05/15/2015 AIFD Welcomes news of Tsarnaev Death Sentence
The American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) welcomes the news that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, has been sentenced to death for his role in the terror attack carried out at the 2013 Boston Marathon. Our justice system has been tried, time and time again, by pressures seeking to chip away at its integrity. Today, an American […]
8/11/13 ‘Million Muslim March’ Confronted by Christians in DC; ‘Two Million Bikers’ in Separate Rally
Read the entire article at The Christian Post “These guys are basically exploiting an annual commemoration of an attack in which America lost over 3,000 lives to radical Islam,” Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, author of A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot’s Fight to Save His Faith and president of the American […]
8/16/13: USCIRF Condemns Violence in Egypt
August 16, 2013: USCIRF Condemns Violence in Egypt For Immediate Release August 16, 2013 | by USCIRF USCIRF Condemns Violence in Egypt USCIRF is deeply concerned by the violence against protestors and the targeting of churches in Egypt. The government’s excessive use of force when breaking up protests, the high number of deaths, the […]
King: Obama must move beyond political correctness to fight Islamists
Examiner.com, October 14, 2012 While the Obama administration and many members of the elite news media appear confused as to the true nature of the national security threat posed by al-Qaeda, and its offshoots Al Shabaab, Boko Haram and al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula, Congressman Peter King (R-NY) appears to be the “go-to” lawmaker for […]