Former Pakistani military ruler and U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf met recently with supporters and journalists in New York, giving his opinion on the U.S. decision to impose an arbitrary deadline for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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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>

The May 21^st attack by militants on Mehran Naval Base in southern city of Karachi, in which terrorists destroyed two U.S.-supplied P3C reconnaissance planes, has shattered the confidence of the Pakistani-American community in the security forces' ability to control the situation. more>

The Media Consortium's Eric Arnold rounds up: the latest updates on the AT&T/T-Mobil deal; the lawsuit by the unpaid bloggers against the Huffington Post; expansion of broadband in rural America; and the story of an Oakland community's opposition to the installation of a powerful cellular antenna close to two schools. more>

AT&T's decision to charge extra fees to customers – capping customers' Internet usage – will impact ethnic, community and independent media hard. more>

Muslims communities in America received the death of Osama bin Laden with a sense of relief and in the hope that it will turn a new page in U.S. relations with Muslims at home and overseas. more>

AT&T's recently announced acquisition of T-Mobile will significantly impact ethnic communities around the United States, especially low-income populations that could be confronted by reduced service access and higher costs. more>

New York Community Media Alliance is proud to bring you this first in a series of blogs and reports on media policy-related issues. The initiative is part of a partnership between NYCMA, G.W. Williams Center for Independent Journalism and New America Media in a media policy fellowship sponsored by The Media Consortium.  more>

While Egyptian Americans watch the events in their homeland with anxiety, fear and hope for a better tomorrow, the Internet black out imposed by President Hosni Mubarak's government, has made it increasingly difficult to reach families and friends back home. more>

Pakistani community activists have a dim view of the prospects for the passage or need for new legislation to secure TPS when existing law already defines eligibility criteria, which they feel Pakistan's situation fulfills.  more>

Pakistan's greatest flood disaster offers a unique window of opportunity to the international community, particularly the U.S. and other western powers, to make good on their claim of friendship with Pakistanis. Public opinion polls released by the PEW research institute revealed that a majority of Pakistanis consider the U.S. an enemy. more>

The author contends that like health care reform, the handling of the Afghan war is emerging as another threat to Obama's leadership. more>

Now that the U.S. presidential election is just 10 months away, Muslim organizations are hardly geared for Decision 2008. With a few exceptions, such as Council on American Islamic Relations, none are seen well positioned to put Muslims on a political trajectory that could lend them voice in America’s decision-making. more>

The news of Benazir’s assassination consumed the presidential candidates’ attention. Democrats and Republicans alike, all were unanimous in squarely condemning the assassination. The author reviews their thoughts on the consequences for U.S. domestic and foreign policy in the region. more>

According to the author, the talk of “sending elite British or U.S. troops to secure Pakistan’s nuclear weapons or transporting them to a secret storage depot in New Mexico or a ‘remote redoubt’ inside Pakistan” no longer raises any eyebrows in the Pakistani diplomatic community in Western capitals, Washington included. more>

According to the author, Musharraf's days are numbered and Washington had better start betting on Pakistan's popular democratic leadership, independent judiciary, and free media, which hold a definite future in a country that the United States cannot afford to ignore. more>

President Bush has expressed his determination to go ahead with his plans to reform the country’s immigration laws by making room for a guest workers program. Now, a Pakistani community organization is calling for “humane” immigration laws and seeking the support of members of Pakistan’s Parliament. more>

Across the nation – especially in swing states – Muslim groups organized buses and free taxi rides to bring Muslim voters to the polls, culminating in a resoundingly turnout for Kerry. With a Bush re-election, now they have the impetus to build a national civil rights coalition. more>

The Islamic Circle of North America and Muslim American Society don’t have a tradition of adopting a final declaration to wrap up their conventions. This year, at their 29th convention, the message was loud and clear: "Know your rights and struggle to protect your freedom." more>