Dear Friends, Today, December 6, 2015, marks the ten year anniversary of the jury’s verdict in my six-month trial. It was an emotional and blessed day in the life of Al-Arian family and the families of my co-defendants, Sameeh Hammoudeh, Hatem Fariz, and Ghassan Ballut. [That day was captured in[Read More…]
Dr. Jamal Barzinji (1939-2015) – In Memoriam There is an old Arabic maxim that describes a particular remarkable person as “a nation in a man.” Such men and women are rare in history. But this description is truly the best portrayal of Dr. Jamal Barzinji, who passed away on September 26,[Read More…]
Dear Friends, Today, December 6, 2015, marks the ten year anniversary of the jury’s verdict in my six-month trial. It was an emotional and blessed day in the life of Al-Arian family and the families of my co-defendants, Sameeh Hammoudeh, Hatem Fariz, and Ghassan Ballut. [That day was captured in[Read More…]
February 4, 2015 To my dear friends and supporters, After 40 years, my time in the U.S. has come to an end. Like many immigrants of my generation, I came to the U.S. in 1975 to seek a higher education and greater opportunities. But I also wanted to live[Read More…]
From the blog of Attorney Jonathan Turley June 27, 2014 It is with a great sense of relief and thankfulness that I can now report that all charges have been dropped against my client Dr. Sami Al-Arian. Minutes ago, United States District Judge Anthony J. Trenga signed the[Read More…]
June 27, 2014 We are glad that the government has finally decided to drop the charges against Sami Al-Arian. It has been a long and difficult 11 years for our family in what has ultimately been shown to be a political case. We are relieved that this ordeal finally appears[Read More…]
Associated Press Link: Fla-Ca Case in Limbo 5 years later, Fla.-Va. terrorism case in limbo By MATTHEW BARAKA Thursday, May 15, 2014 ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — For five years, a federal judge upset with the prosecution of a Florida professor once accused of being a leading[Read More…]
Mother Jones By: Victoria Brittain June 10, 2013 Just as the Bush administration found the Geneva Conventions “quaint” and ignored them, so the principle of “innocent until proven guilty,” a part of Western civilization since Roman times, has all but disappeared for Muslims who face accusations of “material support” for[Read More…]
Eleventh Commemoration of the Political Persecution of Professor Sami Al-Arian Dr. Al-Arian still Awaiting Dismissal of Unjust Case See: Short Background Video on the Case Watch: USA vs Al-Arian Documentary Read: Dr. Al-Arian’s Prison Poetry Washington, DC – February 20, 2014 On this day eleven years ago Dr. Sami Al-Arian[Read More…]
Mother Jones June 10, 2013 By Victoria Brittain Due to a 2010 Supreme Court ruling, American Muslims are being pre-convicted and pre-punished on US soil. Dr. Sami Al-Arian, accused of being a leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has been in legal limbo for years. A four-month hunger strike, mass force-feedings,[Read More…]
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