Jews, Christians, Muslims gather for annual Ramadan dinner at Tampa mosque founded by Dr. Al-Arian Tampa, Florida – September 21, 2008 – Earlier this week, Dr. Sami Al-Arian addressed an interfaith gathering at the Tampa mosque he founded. The following is the text of that speech which Dr. Al-Arian delivered by telephone from Northern Virginia where[Read More…]
May 1, 2006 I thank my outstanding lawyer, Ms. Moreno, for eloquently expressing my sentiments to the court this morning. I also would like to thank her and my former attorney, Mr. Bill Moffitt, for their exceptional representation and their tireless efforts on my behalf for the past three years.[Read More…]
From Dr. Sami Al-Arian Dear Friends and Supporters, This May 21 will mark my 31st anniversary in the United States. The American chapter of my life has surely been the longest. But it’s about to end, as I will soon leave and start a new chapter. Looking back at my[Read More…]
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat published August 10, 2003 Interview BYLINE: Interview with Dr. Sami al-Arian, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern Florida, through an intermediary at Coleman Prison in Florida, where Dr. al-Arian is being held on charges of belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organiza BODY: Dr. Sami[Read More…]
Press StatementBy: Sami A. Al-Arian, February 25, 2003 To Freedom-loving People in the U.S. and across the Globe: I address you today as a prisoner of conscience. My freedom has been taken not because-God forbid- I am a criminal, or have ill will towards this great nation. But I am[Read More…]
by: Sami A. Al-Arian © St. Petersburg Times published January 19, 2003 Different or even unpopular analyses, understanding, or interpretation of historical events or future readings have been an integral part of America’s intellectual landscape as well as a great source of its strength and uniqueness. However, it’s clear that[Read More…]
Keynote Address by Dr. Sami A. Al-Arian at the MacDill Air Force Base Rally of the Florida Alliance for Peace and Social Justice in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday, November 3rd, 2002. Friends and fellow anti-war and pro-peace patriots My fellow Americans of all stripes and colors, European, African, Asian, Latino,[Read More…]
Keynote Address by Dr. Sami A. Al-Arian at the Rally of the National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom: With Liberty And Justice For All at the Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, September 1st, 2002. Let me start by quoting the great anthropologist Margaret Mead: “Never doubt that a[Read More…]
Sami Al-Arian is a computer engineering professor at the University of South Florida who has been on forced paid leave for the past 11 months. By Sami Al-Arian © St. Petersburg Times published August 25, 2002 It was the summer of 1976 when I took my first civics course, along[Read More…]
The following is Dr. Sami Al-Arian’s chapter in the book. Edited by Daniel Goldberg, Robert Greenwald, and Victor Goldberg Publisher: Akashic Books/RDV Books, 130 Fifth Avenue (7th Floor), New York, NY 10011 Academic Freedom and Free Speech in the Wake of September 11 by Dr. Sami Al-Arian The only thing[Read More…]
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