{"id":1802,"date":"2003-07-30T23:59:36","date_gmt":"2003-07-31T04:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2003-07-30T23:59:36","modified_gmt":"2003-07-31T04:59:36","slug":"btw_wr_thru_divorce_by_sms_considered_rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2003\/07\/btw_wr_thru_divorce_by_sms_considered_rejected\/","title":{"rendered":": US Airport Dragnet Still Snaring Law&#045;Abiding Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/detained_imam.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u201cYou picked a bad day to fly,\u201d said an FBI agent apologetically last Thursday, September 11th, as he interrogated \u2013 and then <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawa.cbc.ca%2Fregional%2Fservlet%2FView%3Ffilename%3Dot_moslems20030915\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">handcuffed<\/a> \u2013 a prominent Canadian Muslim cleric who was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fbroward%2Fsfl-cimams13sep13%2C0%2C4404979.story%3Fcoll%3Dsfla-news-broward\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">on his way<\/a> to Florida to give a lecture on the dangers of fanaticism in the Muslim world.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mssu.net%2FNews%2FSheikh_Ahmed_Kutty.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ahmad Kutty<\/a>, a scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto who is on record for preaching tolerance and peace for over 20 years, is bitter about being grilled by 10 officials, jailed, and then sent back to Canada.  \u201cWe have gone through a traumatic experience,\u201d said Kutty, who is urging fellow Canadian Muslims to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miami.com%2Fmld%2Fmiamiherald%2Fnews%2F6759624.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">avoid travel<\/a> to the US until the situation improves.  The arrest is part of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA6308-2003Sep13.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pattern<\/a> of blanket detentions at airports which do not seem to have any investigative foundation.  Muslim professors with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Farticle.cgi%3Ff%3D%2Fc%2Fa%2F2003%2F08%2F24%2FIN44434.DTL\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">long histories<\/a> of moderation, diplomats from Muslim countries that are allies in the war on terror, and even Muslims paid by the US to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA6308-2003Sep13.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">promote democracy<\/a> in the Muslim world are being caught in the ever-widening net.  \u201cIf things are going to continue like this, why should I come to this country?\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytimes.com.pk%2Fdefault.asp%3Fpage%3Dstory_15-9-2003_pg7_53\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Yahya al Habari<\/a>, a member of Yemen\u2019s legislature who had come at the invitation of the US State Department to discuss the importation of US crops but found himself interrogated and fingerprinted.  \u201cI\u2019d rather import Australian or Canadian wheat and save myself problems.\u201d  Another person who is working closely with the State Department was Radwan Masmoudi, president of the <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.islam-democracy.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Center for the Study of Islam &amp; Democracy<\/a>, who received a National Endowment for Democracy grant to bring democratic values to the Middle East.  \u201cWe support the government.com%2FVaccines.html\u201d&gt;vaccinations to Internet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.albalagh.net%2Fqa%2Fchatting_internet.shtml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">chatrooms<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tijaniyya.com%2Fmusic.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">musical instruments<\/a> will continue to baffle simple-minded clerics and produce more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com%2Fbiztech_comments.php%3Fid%3DP77_0_23_0_C\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PR disasters<\/a> like the above SMS divorce.<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The approval of, outroar over, and subsequent revocation of divorce by SMS highlights the complicated sharia-technology relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briefings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>: US Airport Dragnet Still Snaring Law&#045;Abiding Muslims<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The approval of, outroar over, and 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