“OSAMA BIN LADEN DEAD, BODY IN US CUSTODY,” read the large block letters beneath President Obama’s face. The President’s measured words spilled about me and echoes back up from the downstairs TV. Fifteen Minutes Earlier My family was relaxing. We’d all had a lazy Sunday, so we decided to catch a late dinner, and we…
Al Talib contributor Adina Farrukh describes the celebrations at the White House, where she joined hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden.
Members of the Irvine 11 plead not guilty to two misdemeanor charges at their arraignment on Friday.
Supporters for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and anti-government supporters clashed today in front of the Federal Building in Los Angeles. According to witnesses most of the engagements were verbal in nature where both parties were getting in each other’s faces and yelling phrases meant to demean and demoralize the other party. However these clashes were…
More than one hundred people gathered today in front of the Federal Building in Los Angeles to show solidarity with movements in the Middle East and North Africa, in particular Libya and Bahrain. Speakers at the protest also emphasized the fact that the movement in Bahrain is a matter of an oppressed people seeking freedom and reform, not…
Contributor Jenny Lynn covers the protests at the Villa Park City Council where Deborah Pauley spoke at. Deborah Pauley is also recently known as one of the speakers at the Yorba Linda protest outside the ICNA fundraiser this February. There, she mentioned she has a son in the Marines and said “I know quite a few Marines who would be happy to help these terrorists to a, uh, early meeting in paradise.”
All over the United States Muslims are becoming more engaged in the American political process. Many have begun to run for elected offices and many are winning too. Such Muslims include a New Jersey mayor, state representatives in North Carolina, New Hampshire, Iowa, Maryland and Missouri as well as congressmen in Minnesota and Indiana. Chicago’s…
SoCal filmmaker and creator of “Warring Factions,” Justin Mashouf, talks to Al-Talib about his latest work on the freedom movements in the Middle East. “Spring Movements” was released today and in Mashouf’s words, is “an ode to movements striving to reclaim their dignity and sovereignty from their keepers.” Check out his other works at MASHOUF.tv.…