Traditional Friday jum’ah prayers led by a woman at a mixed-gender service, hailed as an historic first for Islam, were held March 18 at the Synod House of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, a progressive Episcopal institution in… Read moreWoman-led Muslim prayers held in NYC
The planned March 18 woman-led traditional Friday prayers—hailed as an historic first for Islam—have been moved from a Soho art gallery to an undisclosed location where they will be open to an invitation-only list following a slate of death threats…. Read moreNYC: pro-woman Muslims face death threats
Linden Corrica, an immigrant father and husband from Guyana living in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, pleaded guilty to selling ten dollars worth of marijuana in exchange for a 20-day sentence in September 2003. But after serving his time at NYC’s Rikers… Read moreDeportation for a dime bag
Three members of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement were arrested in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn while engaged in the legal monitoring of police activities. They have been falsely charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, assault on a police officer… Read moreCopwatch activists arrested in Bed-Stuy
Yemeni cleric Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, 56, faces up to 75 years behind bars after a Brooklyn federal jury found him guilty of five charges stemming from a conspiracy to support al-Qaeda and Hamas. ¨Today’s convictions mark another important step… Read moreYemeni sheikh convicted in NYC
In an event organized by the progressive Islamic organization Muslim Wake Up!, the traditional Friday prayers will be led March 18 by a woman, Amina Wadud, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. Hailed as an historic first for Islam, the… Read moreManhattan’s Soho stages historic breakthrough for Islam
The anarchist scare that has hit New York since the January vandalism at two army recuiting stations has just escalated with the visit of two FBI agents to the home of a Brooklyn activist. The activist, Charles Post, reports on… Read moreFBI harasses NYC activist
The NYPD has confirmed that an admittedly crude drawing of New York’s Grand Central Station was found on a computer disk in the home of a suspect in the March 11, 2004 Madrid train station bombing. Authorities were quick to… Read moreFear in Grand Central Station
The latest testimony in the Brooklyn federal trial of Yemeni Sheikh Mohamed al-Moayad is a Yahya Goba, 28, a member of the "Lackawanna Six," himself facing ten years imprisonment. His courtroom recount of a spring 2001 visit to an al-Qaeda… Read moreMedia frenzy in NYC terror trial
The latest witness in the high-profile case of a Yemeni sheikh being heard in a Brooklyn federal courtroom was a New York Univeristy linguist. The scholar, Bernard Haykel, was called in to translate the word "jihad," which is repeatedly referenced… Read moreNYC terror trial turns on linguistics
The remains of 1,161 people who died at the World Trade Center will go unidentified, marking an end to a painful waiting period for families who had hoped for a different outcome. The medical examiner’s office began making the dreaded… Read moreNYC medical examiner closes forensic ID of 9-11 victims
The FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorist Task Force is investigating twin vandal attacks on Army recruiting centers in New York City–one in Manhattan’s Flatiron section, the other in the Parkchester district of the Bronx. David Seigel, 19, of Litchfield, CT, was arrested… Read moreAnarchist scare: feds probe arson attacks
