Jasser and the fight against radical Islam in America
Mona Charen profiles Dr. M. Zahdi Jasser founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy. The piece contrasts Jasser with CAIR and argues for moderate Islam, urging support for those resisting Islamist radicalization and defending American civil rights while combating extremism.
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Council On American-Islamic Relations
CAIR
Holy Land Foundation
Muslim Public Affairs Council
Zahdi Jasser
American Islamic Forum For Democracy
Mitch McConnell
Jasser
U.S
Commission On International Religious Freedom
Ibrahim Hooper
Syria
Homs
Zahdi
University of Wisconsin
U.S. Navy
Medical College of Wisconsin
Navy
Somalia
U.S. Congress
Phoenix
Ariz
AIFD
America
House
Homeland Security Committee
Nidal Hasan
Fort Hood
Hasan
Petro
North American
Islamic Trust
Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America
Umma
Middle East
Daniel Pipes
Letters to the Editor Policy and Contacts
Policy outlines letters limited to 50 words signed with phone for editorial use. No publishing numbers. names published. Addresses reporting news rely on specific phone lines for Carbondale Murphysboro De Soto and Williamson County. Libelous or personal attacks not published. Editor Gary Metro Managing Editor Mark Fitton.
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Carbondale
Murphysboro
de Soto
Williamson County
Gary Metro
Gary
Officials contact list for Illinois lawmakers
A condensed roster provides phone numbers and websites for U.S. Senators Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin, U.S. Representatives Jerry Costello and John Shimkus, and State Senators Gary Forby and David Luechtefeld along with State Representative Jerry Costello. The figures include district and Washington, D.C. lines and email or site references.
Old-school voting keys win Golden Pen award showdown
Online tallies gave James Wilson 73 votes and mailed petitions adding 104 more, with signatures from Tamms Prison supporters. Wilson, a longtime Alexander County Democrat, argues closing Tamms Correctional Center risks inmate and staff fatalities and notes the prison as the county’s largest employer.
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Nline
U.S. Postal Service
James Wilson
Wilson
Tamms
Golden Pen
Literary Guild
Pat Quinn
Tamms Correctional Center
Alexander County
Quinn
Golden Pen voting winner James Wilson of Cairo
James Wilson of Cairo won The Southern Illinoisan Golden Pen letter contest with 177 votes for his piece criticizing Gov. Pat Quinn. Runners up were Kathy Geis Fox of Carbondale with 54 votes and Jim Barnett of Pinckneyville with 33. Wilson, a 1969 Cairo High grad, plans retirement and more yard work, and lives with his wife Karan and daughter Rhiannon in Cairo.
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Golden Pen
James Wilson
Cairo
Pat Quinn
Alexander County
Tamms Correctional Center
Wilson
Southern Illinoisan
Thesouthern.com
Kathy Geis Fox
Carbondale
Jim Barnett
Pinckneyville
Glenn Poshard
U.S
House of Representatives
Karan
Rhiannon Meisner
Tucson
Ariz
Cairo High School
Shawnee Community College
Southern Illinois University
Winning Letter to Gov Quinn on Tamms Prison Closure
A letter from a longtime Democrat in Alexander County urges Gov Quinn to consider the Tamms prison closure. The writer notes Alexander County’s low spirits and Tamms as the area’s largest employer, cites past neglect after the 2011 flood, and mentions that only one Republican in 40 years carried the county.
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Democrat Party
Tamms
Alexander County
Illinois
Olive
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Durbin
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Costello
John Shimkus
House.gov
Shimkus
Gary Forby
Yahoo. Com
David Luechtefeld
Sendavel
Midwest
Brandon Phelps
Gmail
Mike Bost
Mike
Bost
Hotmail
John
Jerry F. Costello
METRO
Paul Newton
the Southern
Gov. Quinn
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