Self-professed 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) will be tried along with four perpetrators in a Manhattan court just blocks from Ground Zero. Attorney General Eric Holden is likely to pursue the death penalty for KSM. He says of the decision, “For over 200 years, our nation has relied on a faithful adherence to the…
Federal investigators moved to seize four mosques in the US and a skyscraper in Manhattan yesterday over their alleged financial aid to Iran. Prosecutors in Manhattan filed a civil complaint in the federal court seeking the forfeiture of more than $500 million in assets of the Alavi Foundation, which describes itself as a charitable foundation,…
Federal authorities made efforts to seize the Alavi Foundation’s 60 percent stake in New York City’s Piaget building on Fifth Ave. as part of their criminal allegations against the organization. The organization is accused of being a front for the Iranian government. “As today’s complaint alleges in great detail, the Alavi Foundation has effectively been…
Time Magazine this week explores the synchronic identities of Muslim Americans, showcasing the ability to live both identities, fully, together. Written by Shireen Khan, a Muslim woman living in New York City, this article follows issues of faith, piety, citizenship, the wearing of her headscarf, and the very public obsession with personal religious modesty.
The New York City school system will open its first public school dedicated to teaching the Arabic language and culture in September, with half of its classes eventually taught in Arabic, officials said yesterday. The school, the Khalil Gibran International Academy, is one of 40 new schools that the Department of Education is opening for…
