They are not alone.

From Muslim Matters and The Muslim Justice Initiative.

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Syed "Fahad" Hashmi
Syed "Fahad" Hashmi is a Muslim American citizen being held in a federal jail on two counts of providing material support and two counts of making a contribution of goods or services to Al Qaida.

Syed Hashmi, known to his family and friends as Fahad, was born in Karachi, Pakistan in 1980, the second child of Syed Anwar Hashmi and Arifa Hashmi. Fahad immigrated with his family to America when he was three years old. His father said “We knew there would be many opportunities for us here in the United States. We came here to find the American dream.” The large Hashmi family settled in Flushing, New York and soon developed deep roots throughout the tri-state area. Fahad graduated from Robert F Wagner High School in 1998 and attended SUNY Stony Brook University. He transferred to Brooklyn College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science in 2003. A devout Muslim, through the years Fahad established a reputation as an activist and advocate. In 2003, Fahad enrolled in London Metropolitan University in England to pursue a master’s degree in international relations, which he received in 2006. On June 6, 2006, Fahad was arrested in London Heathrow airport by British police based on an American indictment charging him with material support of Al Qaida . He was subsequently held in Belmarsh Prison, Britain’s most notorious jail.

The Charges
The US government accused Fahad of providing material support to Al Qaeda, but a close look at the evidence shows that the charges make little sense. Fahad is NOT charged with providing any money or resources to any terrorists or being a member of al Qaeda. Instead, the US government charged Fahad with allowing an old acquaintance — Junaid Babar — to stay in Fahad’s London apartment for about two weeks in 2004. During that two week period, Babar allegedly kept several raincoats, ponchos, and waterproof socks in luggage that Babar temporarily stored in Fahad’s apartment. The US government then alleges that at some point Babar gave the socks and ponchos to a high ranking member of al Qaeda. There is no allegation that Fahad is a member of al Qaeda or that he ever personally gave or helped to give anything to any member of al Qaeda.

The Prophet (salallahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Whoever relieves a believer of a hardship from the hardships of this world, then Allah will relieve him of a hardship from the hardships of the Day of Resurrection…Allah is helping the servant as long as the servant is helping his brother, " [Hadith Tirmidhi /Muslim].

Is the News the Truth?

We probably never really asked ourselves, but is the news actually true? First, does it need to be true? No. Legally do American news agencies have to tell the truth? No. Do they have any obligation to promote the truth to the best of their ability? No. Really reflect on this next time you read the news. The news agencies actually have no legal reason to promote or tell true stories.

Here is the proof:

In 2003 an American court unanimously agreed with FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States of America.

The whole thing came about when FOX News fired some staff who did a report about BHG use in dairy cows. When a Pharmaceutical company (Monsanto Corp.) called in their potential lawsuits (the makers of such products with huge financial and political clout) FOX News asked the reporters to change the story, when they did not, they were fired. FOX News originally lost a lawsuit (of $425,000), but appealed and this was revoked. Why? The court unanimously agreed with FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States. Interestingly, FOX News never reported any of this along the way, they continued to say they never did anything wrong and no mention of news falsification or distortion. Even more interesting, five other major media stations in the US supported this claim, thus agreeing with the idea that they have the ability to distort the truth and falsify the news.

"Allah commands justice, the doing of good, and liberality to kith and kin, and He forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice and rebellion: He instructs you, that you may receive admonition." (Surah An-Nahl: 90)

CIA Guilty

CIA agents guilty of Italy kidnap

An Italian judge has convicted 23 CIA agents and two Italian secret agents of the kidnap of a Muslim cleric in 2003. The agents were accused of abducting Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, known as Abu Omar, from Milan and sending him to Egypt, where he was allegedly tortured.

The trial, which began in June 2007, is the first involving the CIA's so-called "extraordinary rendition" programme. Three Americans and five Italians have been acquitted in the case. The CIA agents were tried in their absence.

The CIA station chief in Milan, Robert Lady, was given an eight-year term, while the other 22 Americans convicted were sentenced to five years in prison. The two Italian agents were given three-year prison terms.

Italian prosecutors said Abu Omar was taken as part of a series of extraordinary renditions carried out by the CIA - when terror suspects were moved between countries without any public legal process.

BBC News