Posted on 10/30/2007 3:44:25 PM PDT by pitinkie
Against heavy odds, the American justice system has prevailed once again.
After 19 days of deliberation, a jury in Dallas did not return even one guilty verdict on almost 200 charges brought against officials of the Holy Land Foundation Muslim charity. The prosecution laid out a bizarre theory that HLF, by sending money to feed orphans in Palestine, was freeing up funds that were then used to pay for acts of terror. Most Americans did not get to hear how their hard-earned tax dollars are being wasted to counter nonexistent "Muslim conspiracies" to overthrow the American Constitution and impose Shariah laws.
Throughout this ordeal, one thing stood out - the American Muslim community's principled stand in favor of justice. The community placed its trust in HLF by making it the No. 1 Muslim charity in America. Despite the smear campaign conducted against HLF, the community's faith in that charity never wavered. Islam teaches us to be compassionate and merciful. We carry out the principles of our faith when we send our money to feed, clothe and shelter the least fortunate among us. Those who cast doubt about our intentions and our commitment to carry out our religious obligations are promoting a form of Islamophobia. The defendants in the HLF trial and their families have endured much. We pray that justice continues to prevail.
Parvez Ahmed is board chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group.
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Only a leftist, terrorist loving, America hating journalist could characterize a hung jury this way.
Among us ???
How do you figure that these recipients are among US?
Help the folks in your neighborhood and I would believe you.
Help only specific folks halfway around the world, and I say you have an agenda.
“Parvez Ahmed is board chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations,
the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group.”
Hey, Parvez...
FEAR THIS!
America Says It Will Retry Holy Land Foundation
The New York Sun ^ | October 23, 2007 | JOSH GERSTEIN
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915101/posts
And next time, there may not be a jury foreman working as your agent
(and trying to slip in acquittals).
right on!
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