**UPDATE: Thank you to all of our supporters who came out to the benefit and made it a night to remember. American Islamic Congress cordially invites you to its: Fourth Annual “Light Up The Night” Benefit Friday, December 13, 2013 6:30pm AIC Boston Center On one of the shortest days of the year, the…
Read Moreby Nasser Weddady The rise and recent downfall of Imam Shamsi Ali, the former spiritual leader of New York City’s 96 Street mosque offers invaluable insights into the complexity of the internal dynamics shaping US Muslim communities post 9/11. His story includes all the ingredients that are currently at play in the struggle to formulate…
Read MoreGENEVA — After years of fruitless negotiations, Western and Iranian diplomats are on the verge of an agreement that would freeze Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for an easing of some economic sanctions.
Read MoreWASHINGTON — The US Army’s top general on Thursday defended the military against critics who contend the Defense Department can make deep cuts to planned spending without becoming less lethal.
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Read MoreLast June, the Treasury Department announced hard-hitting new sanctions against an alleged Iranian front company, its main subsidiary, the subsidiary’s subsidiary, and then, for good measure, the subsidiary’s subsidiary’s two subsidiaries. All the firms, Treasury said, were secretly controlled by the Iranian government.
Read MoreBEIRUT, Lebanon — As American diplomacy on the war in Syria flounders, unable to deliver the main exile opposition group to proposed peace talks, Russian officials on Wednesday stepped up their efforts to promote alternate opposition figures, meeting in Geneva with Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of President Bashar al-Assad who was forced out of the…
Read MoreAIC Executive Director Zainab Al-Suwaij sat down with Radio Sawa to talk about her experiences challenging the regime of Saddam Hussein and building bridges among American Muslims and non-Muslims in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. She also talks about the work AIC does across the Middle East, on college campuses, and in…
Read MoreIn May, the White House leaked word that it would start shifting drone operations from the shadows of the CIA to the relative sunlight of the Defense Department in an effort to be more transparent about the controversial targeted killing program. But six months later, the so-called migration of those operations has stalled, and it…
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