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Muslim Advocates welcomes the Obama administration’s announcement rescinding its policy of targeting travelers from 14 primarily Muslim countries for mandatory enhanced screening. Since this misguided policy was implemented in January, Muslim Advocates had been …
AAUP, ACLU, PEN American Center, and Slate present
SECULARISM, ISLAM, & DEMOCRACY:
Muslims in Europe and the West
Featuring Tariq Ramadan (first U.S. appearance since he was barred …
By Sahar Aziz
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard argument in Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder. The plaintiffs, a human rights organization and a retired federal judge, sought to teach international human rights …
By Vito Pilieci
As Canada prepares to roll out new electronic passports next year, experts warn the technology is far from perfect and will do little to deter terrorists from crossing our borders.
Adam Laurie, a …
By David S. Cloud
The Obama administration will announce Friday a new screening system for flights to the United States under which passengers who fit an intelligence profile of potential terrorists will be searched before boarding …
By Gerald Caplan
Here’s a couple of questions about Ann Coulter’s Canadian sojourn that haven’t yet been fully answered: Who invited her? Who thought Canadians needed more exposure to this woman?
Coulter clearly had a …
Harper government attacks human rights
Closure of CHRC offices will punish marginalized people
OTTAWA, March 25 /CNW Telbec/ – The Public Service Alliance of Canada condemns the Harper government’s decision to close Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) …
By Jacquie McNish and Sarah Boesveld
Quebec could be heading for a human rights showdown if it proceeds with a proposed law to ban women from wearing face-covering veils on government premises, constitutional experts warn.
“This legislation …
For Immediate Release
March 23, 2010
Statement from M.P. Rob Oliphant (Don Valley West) on the attack against the Waterloo Masjid
TORONTO – In response to the attack against the Waterloo Masjid, Rob Oliphant, Member of Parliament …
“The Obama Administration and International Law”
Keynote Speech at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law
Harold Hongju Koh
Legal Adviser, United States Department of State
March 24, 2010
Thank you, Dean …
GTMO habeas petition denied on the merits, and another dismissed without prejudice
1. Makhtar Yahia Naji Al Warafi v. Obama (D.D.C. Mar. 24, 2010)
Judge Lamberth yesterday denied habeas relief, on the merits, to GTMO detainee Makhtar …
During the process of jury selection for her trial for attempted murder in New York, Dr Aafia Siddiqui alleged that she could not get a fair trial because she felt “everyone here is” a Jew. …
Muhammad Lila Special to the Star
NEW YORK CITY—It all started around 15 years ago. With New York’s endless, swirling sea of yellow cabs crisscrossing the city, cabbies needed fuel for more than their cars. …
Second Week of IslamOnline.net Journalists’ Sit-in
Journalists Disown materials published from Doha
Site Hits plunge by 60%
Al-Quds Page, March Articles Vanish
Journalists in IslamOnline.net (IOL) – a world leading Islamic portal – are disavowing all reports published on …
