Prepaid phone cards, used largely by immigrant communities, are a multi-billion dollar industry in U.S. However, recent reports found that these prepaid cards come with undisclosed fees, higher-than-advertised rates, charges for calls that never went through, and poor or non-existent customer service, causing many to complain to government agencies.

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Islamic scholar Tahirul Qadri spoke to a May 28th gathering of American Muslims in Queens about the true meaning of "jihad," a term which he said has been misconstrued by both extremists and the West. Qadri denounced the link between Islam and violence, saying, "There is no Islamic terrorist. A terrorist is a terrorist." more>

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To address the need to support family members back home, Pakistani-American community leaders continue to press the Obama administration for protected status to alleviate in the plight of undocumented nationals. more>

According to Saleem A. Rizvi, a leading Pakistani-American attorney, floods displaced 20 million people – a number bigger than the entire population of New York State. more>

"Muslim Americans in this country are an incredibly important part of who we are. And yet, in recent years there have been a whole series of issues that have made many patriotic Muslims feel a little bit less than fully welcomed or included in the life of this country," said Virginia Governor and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine. more>

The $100 million lower Manhattan project is the brainchild of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), a New York-based nonprofit dedicated to strengthening an authentic expression of Islam based on cultural and religious harmony, through interfaith collaboration, youth and women's empowerment, and arts and cultural exchange. more>

"We felt proud for having been recognized for our community service until yesterday; today, we are searching for words to defend ourselves," said Hasan Chughtai, executive director of People's Community Center USA.

VIDEO :: Pakistani Americans speak out on the terror attack attempted by Faisal Shehzad. more>

The United States of America is the land of opportunity; however, opportunities are only available to those who are aware of them. And, for the most part, the Pakistani community is in the dark when it comes to the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the "stimulus package," signed into law in February 2009. more>

At the annual Conference for Imams in New York City, Muslim leaders spoke of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the effects on their community. more>

VIDEO :: NY 1 reports that in an annual pre-Ramadan meeting, city police officers, religious leaders and community members gathered to discuss steps to ensure a safe holiday. more>

The controversy of the blasphemous cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammad hit closer to home when The Rhinoceros Times, in Greensboro, reproduced it in its February 16 issue. more>

"All genocides and persecutions were preceded by demonization campaigns including the recent Bosnian and Rwandan genocides and the Gujarat pogrom in India," declared Dr. Shaik Ubaid, a media spokesperson for Muslims in Long Island. “We condemn the demonization of Muslims that is going on in some segments of the media.” more>

The trouble began when Zafar Siddiqui and her daughter, Hamna, walked towards their car parked outside their home and two white men and a woman in a white car stopped next to them and started to hurl racial remarks. more>

General Pervez Musharraf’s son, Bilal Musharraf, and the general’s brother, Naveed Musharraf, both based in the United States, had to listen to criticism of the Pakistani ruler and his government during a conference here in Boston. In turn, they criticized Pakistani politicians who have never made a difference. more>

My friend Teddy Shah thought he was imagining things when he heard a loud knocking at his door in the middle of the night. But then he peeked through the eyehole and saw a team of uniformed men. The news was happening to him. more>

Americans are taking out their anger about September 11th, 2001, in Sept. 2002. Last weekend three white men beat up a mother and her 15-year-old son in Long Island. And Maulana Shah Wazir Khan, of the Tehreeki Forum, was driving his yellow cab between 11:00 p.m. and midnight towards the Queensboro Bridge when motorcyclists surrounded his car, pulled him from it, and began beating him. more>

FBI, INS and local law enforcement agencies began a second round of crackdowns on undocumented Pakistani immigrants. MORE. more>

FBI, INS and local law enforcement agencies began a second round of crackdowns on undocumented Pakistani immigrants. more>

On Friday, January 4, the FBI and the Anti -Terrorist Task Force raided Masjid e Khizra mosque, in Queens, on a false tip of weapons possession. The mosque’s community is at odds, some supporting a fired imam. Some sources charge the imam’s opponents called in the false tip, but they deny the charge. more>

Syed Hamim Shah, a Pakistani immigrant and resident of Staten Island suffered a loss of over half a million dollars when two unknown white men burned down his grocery store a couple of weeks ago. more>