What's Happening this Month
Skeptics in the Pub
September 9, 2008 at 6 PM
Al’s Whiskey Bar
321 S Clinton St
Syracuse, NY 13202
Join us for a drink at the next Skeptics in the Pub. Our first two meetings were a lot of fun, and we can’t wait to see old friends and meet new ones.
Speaker Meeting
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Also: Book Give Away and Free Pizza or Dessert! Vote below
Why we should be skeptical: The government, the media, and the case of Rafil Dhafir
Speaker: Katherine Hughes, civil liberties activist
Business meeting at 6:30
Program at 7:00
Soule Branch Library
101 Springfield Rd.
Syracuse, NY 13214
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Since the events of September 11, 2001, the government has raided and closed down six major Muslim charities and many smaller Muslim charities, accusing each of funding terrorism. In each case, alleged “guilt by association” meant that the charities’ assets were frozen and their principals arrested. Yet despite new investigative powers, government authorities have failed to produce evidence of terrorist financing by any of these Muslim charities. Dr. Rafil Dhafir, formerly an oncologist in Rome, NY, is the founder of one of these charities.
From the outset of this case the government was duplicitous. Using unfair tactics and innuendo with the aid of a complicit media, the government transformed Dhafir from a compassionate humanitarian into a crook and supporter of terrorists.
Katherine Hughes, a native of Scotland, attended the 14-week trial and has written extensively about it and our government’s current persecution of Muslims as part of its war on terror. Her articles have been published on numerous websites and in The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, the National Lawyers Guild’s Guild Practitioner, and Fellowship Magazine.
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Featured Article
Chiropractic: A 100 year struggle from pseudoscience to legitimacy
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
By Mahlon Wagner, Ph. D.
It is estimated that 75% of all Americans will suffer from lower back pain (LBP) at some time. Treatment of this common ailment has been estimated to cost $24 billion every year. (Compare this to the annual cost for treating lung cancer of $4 billion.) continue reading
