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CAIR wrote:

In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful

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AMERICAN MUSLIM NEWS BRIEFS - 1/13/2002

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HEADLINES:

* HADITH OF THE DAY: COVERING FAULTS
* CAIR-PA SPONSORS SEMINAR ON ISLAM
* TURBULENCE ON FLIGHT 363: PRUDENCE, OR PROFILING? (Washington Post)
* RACIAL PROFILING MISFIRES AS TOOL IN WAR ON TERROR (Atlanta Journal)
* PROFESSOR'S TERRORIST LINKS DIVIDE UNIVERSITY IN TAMPA (Orlando Sentinel)
* FORUM: FOR AFGHANISTAN'S WOMEN, ISLAM IS THE ANSWER (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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HADITH OF THE DAY: COVERING FAULTS

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “One who covers up the
failings of someone in this world will have his shortcomings covered up by
God on the Day of Judgment.”

Riyadh us-Saleheen, 240

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CAIR-PA SPONSORS SEMINAR ON ISLAM

WHAT: CAIR-Central Pennsylvania (CAIR-PA) will conduct two seminars on
Islam at the Bosler Free Library in Carlisle, Pa.The seminars will cover
the following topics:

January 19 - Islam Between Rejection and Extremism - by Dr. Parvez Ahmed,
Chair, CAIR-PA. Description: Islam is the path of moderation - the middle way.

January 26 - Muslim Women 2002: Ancient Relics or Friends of the Future -
by Ms. Mumina Kowalski, Muslim Chaplain at the State Correctional
Institution at Muncy, PA.

WHEN: January 19 and 26, from 1 to 3 p.m. each day.A question and answer
session will follow the 1-hour presentations.

WHERE: The Bosler Free Library, 158 West High Street, Carlisle, PA 17013

CONTACT: Ms. Tienya B. Smith, Assistant Director at 717-944-4713 E-mail:
<a href="mailto:tsmith@CCPA.net?Subject=Re:%20(ai)%20[Fwd:%20ISLAM-INFONET:%20Turbulence%20on%20Flight%20363:%20Prudence,%20orProfiling?]%2526In-Reply-To=%2526lt;3C424CFD.F789F61D@speconsult.com">tsmith@CCPA.net</a>, 
or Dr. Parvez Ahmed at 717-730-4400 E-mail: <a href="mailto:pahmed11@home.com?Subject=Re:%20(ai)%20[Fwd:%20ISLAM-INFONET:%20Turbulence%20on%20Flight%20363:%20Prudence,%20orProfiling?]%2526In-Reply-To=%2526lt;3C424CFD.F789F61D@speconsult.com">pahmed11@home
.com</a>

CAIR-PA
P.O. Box 4516
Harrisburg PA 17111
TEL: 717-730-4400
FAX: 717-730-0856
E-MAIL: <a href="mailto:pahmed11@home.com?Subject=Re:%20(ai)%20[Fwd:%20ISLAM-INFONET:%20Turbulence%20on%20Flight%20363:%20Prudence,%20orProfiling?]%2526In-Reply-To=%2526lt;3C424CFD.F789F61D@speconsult.com">pahmed11@home.com</a>

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TURBULENCE ON FLIGHT 363: PRUDENCE, OR PROFILING?
Secret Service Agent Rebuts Airline Account of Boarding Clash
By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post, 1/13/2002
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37201-2002Jan12.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37201-2002Jan12.html>

As he sat in Seat 19B aboard American Airlines Flight 1191 to Dallas,
Walied Shater said he had reason to smile. It was a work day, but he was
dressed comfortably in a knit shirt, khakis and sneakers, plus he was
collecting holiday pay for volunteering to protect the president on
Christmas Day, when other Secret Service agents would rather take time off.

But events were about to happen at Baltimore-Washington International
Airport that would wipe the smile off Shater's face. Minutes before
takeoff, the airplane broke down. Shater had to leave his seat and walk to
a gate next door to catch American Flight 363. The schedule change voided
the E2 form he had filled out to carry his loaded handgun aboard the plane.
He had to get another one. His troubles were about to begin.

In his first public statement since his ejection from the plane and the
flurry of national news reports that followed, Shater rebutted American's
contention that he was thrown off the plane for acting suspiciously and for
being hostile after he was confronted for improperly filling out paperwork
and not signing it.

"I was never told there was a problem with American's paperwork," Shater said.

"If someone had asked me, I could have told him that American Airlines'
employees made the changes to the first form and that I was simply waiting
for the gate agent to complete his portion of the second form before I
completed and signed it."

Shater, an agent assigned to the Presidential Protection Division of the
Secret Service, was on his way to Crawford, Tex., to guard President Bush.
He would not comment directly to The Washington Post for this article. His
statement, co-written by his attorney Christy E. Lopez of Relman and
Associates in Washington, was provided yesterday via e-mail. Lopez said
Shater believes he was pulled from the flight because he is Arab American
and Muslim...

…Lopez said her client spoke out to give his version of the story and,
thereby, widen the explanation of what happened aboard Flight 363: careful
policing by the airline or a case of racial intolerance? Two federal
agencies, the Department of Transportation, where Shater filed his
complaint, and the Secret Service, where the airline filed its complaint,
are investigating.

A third organization, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, filed a
complaint with the airline in hopes of getting an apology for removing
Shater from the plane…

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RACIAL PROFILING MISFIRES AS TOOL IN WAR ON TERROR
Cynthia Tucker, The Atlanta Journal, 1/13/2002
<a href="http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/today/opinion_c3140201428501021080.html">http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/today/opinion_c3140201428501021080.html>

Sadly, American Airlines' shabby treatment of an Arab-American Secret
Service agent has not dampened the growing enthusiasm for racial profiling
as a standard security measure.

Among those still supporting this dubious security tool are many who ought
to know better, including Jonathan Turley, a distinguished law professor at
George Washington University and frequent media commentator. Even black
Americans --- who know the indignities of racial profiling better than any
other ethnic group --- have become enthusiastic supporters of the racial
profiling of citizens of Middle Eastern or Arab backgrounds since Sept. 11.

American Airlines has been applauded in many quarters for its actions
toward Walied Shater, 33, a seven-year veteran of the Secret Service.
Donald Carty, American Airlines' chief executive, issued a statement firmly
supporting the actions of the pilot in denying Shater permission to fly.
The pilot became alarmed after a flight attendant searched the agent's
belongings and found a book with the word "Arab" in the title. Apparently,
a person who is both armed and literate poses a grave threat…

…The practice is particularly offensive because security experts already
know that it's utterly ineffective. A Justice Department report on
"citizen-police contacts" in 1999 concluded:

"Although African-Americans and Hispanics were more likely to be stopped
and searched, they were less likely to be in possession of contraband. On
average, searches and seizures of African-American drivers yielded evidence
only 8 percent of the time; searches and seizures of Hispanic drivers
yielded evidence only 10 percent of the time; and searches and seizures of
white drivers yielded evidence 17 percent of the time..."

…Given the environment, it seems likely that security personnel and
immigration officials will come to rely more and more on the crudest
methods --- physical features --- to determine those most likely to present
a security risk. Since the terrorists who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks
were all young men of Middle Eastern or Arab heritage, the burden of
intrusive searches, airline rejections and even detentions will fall
heavily on young men who share that heritage (or who look as if they do,
which could include large numbers of Latinos and African-Americans.)…

…Nor was racial profiling considered after the bombing of the Murrah
federal building in Oklahoma. The FBI stepped up its surveillance of
right-wing hate groups, but federal authorities did not adopt a strategy of
stopping and searching all young white males entering federal buildings.
Instead, the law enforcement strategy depended on old-fashioned
investigation and intelligence-gathering.

Then as now, those strategies are far more effective than racial profiling.

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PROFESSOR'S TERRORIST LINKS DIVIDE UNIVERSITY IN TAMPA
By Scott Powers, The Orlando Sentinel, 1/12/2002
<a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-asecterrorprof12011202jan12.story">http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-asecterrorprof12011202jan12.story>

TAMPA -- Anger, fear, charges of terrorism support, death threats and cries
of trampled liberties are tearing at the University of South Florida as
administrators there try to fire a tenured professor.

Sami Al-Arian, a 43-year-old Palestinian and associate computer-science
professor, has been investigated by the FBI and the university on
suspicions that he once supported Islamic extremists who may be involved in
terrorism. He steadfastly denies any wrongdoing, insisting such accusations
are based on old reports that have been investigated and dropped and are
misunderstood when discussed out of the context.

He has never been charged with a crime or -- until now -- with breaking
university rules.

But Al-Arian's alleged ties to terrorists nonetheless have caused havoc and
fear on the USF campus. The climate has led school officials to conclude
Al-Arian must go. And they're forcing him to fight for his job. Further
aggravating USF leaders, Al-Arian has continued, against their wishes, to
speak out about allegations of his past. And every time he does, the
university fields more death threats.

The fight over his job has split the university. And it has gained national
notoriety, becoming a touchstone for two causes that now clash at USF since
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: campus safety concerns and freedom of speech…

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FORUM: FOR AFGHANISTAN'S WOMEN, ISLAM IS THE ANSWER
By Dalia Mogahed, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/13/2002
<a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/20020113edmog13p7.asp">http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/20020113edmog13p7.asp>
Dalia Mogahed, a writer living in Mt. Lebanon, is a contributor to
Al-Jumuah, an English-language Islamic magazine. She is an MBA student at
the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh.

After 20 years of ceaseless war and famine, the women of Afghanistan must
heal themselves, and ultimately their nation, by rediscovering their
identity as empowered, dignified Muslim women.

To many, such an assertion seems like an exact reversal of the truth. After
so much suffering, some think, the last thing these women need is more of
what apparently caused it. However, a brief look at history and women's
rights through a correct understanding of Islam paints quite a different
picture.

It was Islam, in the 7th century, that established women's spiritual and
intellectual equality with men. Muslim women were granted the right to
vote, own property, inherit, receive a higher education and even run a
business in which men were subordinates.

These teachings were immediately put into practice, where 1,400 years ago
women played an active political role, not only voting for their leader,
but also advising him. The Prophet Mohammed's wife, Khadijah, was one of
the most successful businesswomen in Mecca, employing many men, including
at one point the Prophet himself. Aisha, whom the Prophet married some
years after the death of Khadijah, became a scholar of Islam. A man of the
time described her by saying, "I have not seen a greater scholar than Aisha
in the learning of the Koran, shares of inheritance, lawful and unlawful
matters, poetry, literature, Arab history and genealogy." It was not
surprising, then, when the world's first institution of higher education --
Al-Azhar Islamic University, founded in Cairo in 969 A.D. -- was named
after a woman, Fatima al-Zahraa…

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