GOP Representative pressures FBI for ‘payback’ against Muslim civil rights group

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) charged Virginia House of Representatives member Frank Wolf for “abusing his office” by seeking to pressure the FBI to produce negative information about the Muslim civil rights and advocacy group. In a letter delivered this week to the FBI, Republican Rep. Frank Wolf said that he was “deeply disappointed”…

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Taliban demand $375,000 USD to release Canadian Muslim woman

Taliban insurgents active in Pakistan’s tribal region have offered to free a Canadian woman held since November in return for a $375,000 USD ransom. Gul Bahadur, the Taliban head in the volatile North Waziristan region, is alleged to be responsible for the kidnapping of Beverly Giesbrecht, a West Vancouver woman who was in the area…

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Canada’s first convicted terrorist sentenced

A judge sentenced a Canadian man to 10 1/2 years in prison for plotting with a group of British Muslims to bomb buildings and natural gas lines in the United Kingdom. Mohammed Momim Khawaja, 29, is the first person to be sentenced under Canadian anti-terrorism laws passed after the Sept. 11 attacks. His case is…

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Harvard Pluralism Project premiers film, exploring religious diversity in California neighborhood

Harvard University recently premiered a documentary film entitled “Fremont, U.S.A.” which was developed by Harvard’s Pluralism Project. The film, focusing on the fourth-most populous city in the San Francisco Bay area, examines how Fremont, California has woven a wide range of new religions and cultures into the fabric of daily life in the city, which…

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