A Compendium of reports on the current War on Islam
- By Amir Mir, The News International The Pakistani authorities investigating the March 18 fidayeen attack on the Judicial Complex in Peshawar which killed four people and injured 50-plus others have reported to the Ministry of Interior that it was the second act of terrorism which has been attributed to the Aafia Siddiqui Brigade. The […]
Prisoner Maysara Abuhamdia dies; son accuses PA of betrayal (The Electronic Intifada) – By Linah Alsaafin Maysara Abuhamdia has died, shackled to his bed in Saroka Hospital. He was 64 years old. This marks the second time in less than two months that a Palestinian prisoner has died in custody. Arafat Jaradat was tortured to death in Megiddo […]
Artist/Activist Christopher Towne (Postubermensch): The case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is both strange and disturbing. The so-called “War on Terror” demands periodic show trials, to make endless wars appear justified. Countless people have been victimized in this way, and Dr. Siddiqui’s case is such a grave injustice that it has gathered an international movement to demand her […]
- By Ben Fox, Associated Press More prisoners have joined a hunger strike at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, officials said Monday, as defense lawyers expressed alarm about one of the most sustained protests at the base in several years. There are 28 prisoners on hunger strike, up from 21 a week earlier, including […]
- By Palestine News Network On Monday 25th March, Palestinian Minister of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, said that the health condition of hunger striking prisoner Samer Issawi is very critical; his heart beat has dropped significantly and his blood sugar was also down. Israeli physicians at Kaplan hospital, where Samer Issawi is getting treatment, […]
Assalamulaikum warahmatullahi wa barakatuhu: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, sender of the Messengers and the revelation with them, Master of the day we die and the day we rise to be accounted for every second of our lives. It’s been a while since I penned an article. (Available on IslamPolicy.com)- Mostly I’ve […]
- By Reuters, AFP, Al-Akhbar More prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have joined a growing hunger strike that their lawyers say reflects hopelessness about their prospects of ever being freed from the US detention center in Cuba. Twenty-four captives were on a hunger strike as of Tuesday evening and eight of those had lost enough weight […]
- By Ma’an, WAFA, Al-Akhbar Israel arrested the brother of former-Palestinian prisoner Ayman Sharawneh in the West Bank early Monday just hours after the long-term hunger striker was released from Israeli prison and deported to the Gaza Strip, Ma’an News Agency reported. Israeli forces raided the home of Jihad Sharawneh, 24, at dawn Monday in Deir […]
- By Arnaud Mafille, CagePrisoners The re-arrest of Abu Qatada hit the headlines on Friday evening. He was conveniently taken to Belmarsh prison just a day and a half before a government bid to have him deported to Jordan where he faces a possible conviction based on torture evidence. Officially, he has been placed in custody […]
