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SNIPPET: "The Ottawa Muslim Women's Organization (OMWO) holds its 12th Annual Festival of Friendship Dinner Sunday evening." SNIPPET: "The keynote speaker will be Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College in London, Ontario, an institutional affiliate of the University of Western Ontario. Mattson, a convert from Christianity to Islam, was president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). The United States government designated ISNA an unindicted co-conspirator in the successful Holy Land Foundation terror-funding prosecution. ISNA is included in a key Muslim Brotherhood document as one of the "organizations of our friends." Other evidence abounds...

State Motor Fuel Excise Tax Rates In addition to income, severance, production, property, and other taxes, the products produced by the petroleum industry are subject to various excise taxes. Every state imposes an excise tax on motor fuel. Often excise tax rates within a state differ depending on the type of motor fuel being purchased--for example, gasoline may be subject to one rate while diesel is subject to a different rate. Determining the amount of tax paid on one gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel purchased by a consumer at the pump can involve numerous factors and calculations. The tax...