German Muslim Held, Denied U.S. Entry

A German businessman of Syrian descent who wanted to surprise his daughter with a holiday visit was detained for four days in a Las Vegas holding cell before being sent back home without explanation. A civil rights group called authorities’ treatment of Majed Shehadeh a case of anti-Muslim discrimination. Shehadeh, 62, flew from Frankfurt to

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Rice Hears Complaints From British Muslims

BLACKBURN, England – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heard passionate complaints Saturday from British Muslims about U.S. polices in Iraq, toward the Palestinians and at the U.S.-run detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Some of the complaints were voiced respectfully by Muslim leaders who met with Rice. Others were chanted, shouted and screamed by anti

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Held In 9/11 Net, Muslims Return To Accuse U.S.

By NINA BERNSTEIN Hundreds of noncitizens were swept up on visa violations in the weeks after 9/11, held for months in a much-criticized federal detention center in Brooklyn as “persons of interest” to terror investigators, and then deported. This week, one of them is back in New York and another is due today – the

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Senior British Muslim Warns On Terror Laws

By MICHAEL McDONOUGH LONDON – A prominent British Muslim warned lawmakers Monday that proposals for tough new anti-terror laws could undermine the Muslim community’s willingness to cooperate in fighting terror. Abdurahman Jafar, a senior member of the Muslim Council of Britain, expressed concern about the Terror Bill, which was drawn up in the wake of

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Federal Minister of the Interior Otto Schily pleads for preventive detention of terrorism suspects in Germany

Federal Minister of the Interior Otto Schily pleaded the case for preventive detention of terrorism suspects in Germany. Although he said he knew that at present there was not majority support for the measure, he felt that it was a necessary step for the safety of the country. Schily said that there were a number

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