Sri Lankan Girl Facing Death Row in Saudi Arabia

Lankan Newspaper.com
19-year-old Rizana Nasik, is facing death sentence by beheading in Saudi Arabia for the murder of her employer`s infant two years ago.
`According to the relatives of the accused girl the baby had died by accidental strangulation while her employer was abusing the Sri Lankan girl while she had the baby in her hand,` the [...]

Religious Profiling: New TSA Policy on Head Covering

CAIR News Release
August 28, 2007
Civil rights and community organizations are urging their constituents to take note of revised screening procedures at airports for all head coverings and to know their rights as travelers.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released a statement today confirming reports of new head covering screening procedures as of August 4, 2007. The [...]

Smearing the Accomplishments of a Muslim School Principal

By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN
New York Times
Last Feb. 12, you may recall, New York education officials announced plans to open a minischool in September that would teach half its classes in Arabic and include study of Arab culture. The principal was to be a veteran teacher who was also a Muslim immigrant from Yemen, Debbie Almontaser.
The [...]