AltMuslim.com July 9, 2010It is possible to be a good American and a good Muslim. More of one does not mean less of the other. Weaving American patriotic traditions into Muslim events will make this point loud and clear. BY PARVEZ AHMED, JULY 9, 2010 Over the July 4th weekend I was one of the speakers at the 47th Annual Convention of the Islamic Society of North...

Huffington Post and AltMuslim.In Kuwait Times (May 31, 2010). When media acts responsiblyBy Parvez Ahmed, May 19, 2010 In a span of just over a month two incidents rocked my city of Jacksonville garnering wall-to-wall coverage in local media. The first was my nomination to the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission. The mayor’s nomination, which is otherwise...

Delaware Online American Muslims must be on guard against radicalizationBy Muqtedar Khan • May 18, 2010 Faisal Shahzad, Major Nidal Hassan and Anwar Awlaki: Is it now official that American Muslims too have become radicalized and are well on their way to becoming Al Qaeda in America? The recent incidents involving American Muslims may suggest so, and it has...

Parvez Ahmed: Accusations were absurd Source URL: http://jacksonville.com/opinion/letters-readers/2010-04-28/story/accusations-were-absurd In 2003 and 2004, I was invited with United States Attorney Paul Perez to participate in forums in Florida to discuss the high profile and sensitive issues surrounding the renewal of several provisions of the Patriot Act. This...

Florida Times Union, May 2, 2010 Muslims nearly impossible to elect in Bible BeltBy Jeff Brumley The smart money says a snowball has a better chance you-know-where than a Muslim has being elected to statewide or national office from Northeast Florida – or anywhere else in the Bible Belt. If the recent hullabaloo surrounding Parvez Ahmed’s appointment to...

Jacksonville leaders fear perception of intolerance may carry economic price Source URL: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-05-04/story/leaders-fear-perception-intolerance-may-carry-economic-price By Deirdre Conner In the room when the Jacksonville City Council debated the appointment of Parvez Ahmed, a Muslim scholar and university professor, there were a lot...

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Florida Times Union, April 28, 2010 Jacksonville City Councilman Don Redman said he was trying to prove a point about religious freedom when he asked a Muslim man to pray during Tuesday’s council meeting. But Redman’s own prayer at the beginning of the meeting has raised questions about religion in politics and whether overtly Christian prayers cross the...

Florida Times Union Submitted by Ron Littlepage on April 29, 2010 Opponents of Parvez Ahmed’s nomination to the Human Rights Commission are demanding retribution at the polls after City Council approved his appointment. I agree. There should be retribution – against those council members who voted no on Ahmed’s nomination and shamed the city in...

Florida Times Union, April 28, 2010Ahmed nomination sails rockily to Jacksonville council approvalBy Tia Mitchell Ending three weeks of controversial back-and-forth, University of North Florida finance professor Parvez Ahmed was confirmed to the city’s Human Rights Commission Tuesday night. The City Council vote was 13-6, but it came after a half-hour of debate...

Florida Times Union, April 27, 2010 Support from UNF Representing faculty and the senior administration of the University of North Florida, we want to go on record as supporting the nomination of Professor Parvez Ahmed to the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission. Ironically, much of the controversy around Ahmed’s nomination proves just how urgently we need to...

Human rights board: Rhetoric tops realitySource: Florida Times Union, Editorial, April 25, 2010. The biggest contract in city history awaits a City Council vote Tuesday. Hard choices on budget cuts and city fee hikes of all kinds loom because of next year’s $58 million budget gap. But the hottest issue facing council right now is whether members should put...

Source URL: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-04-25/story/city-looks-stance-human-rights The Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee recommended on Monday that UNF professor Parvez Ahmed be confirmed to the city Human Rights Commission despite opposition from the anti-Islamist group ACT! for America. The full council will take up the issue Tuesday. Ahmed...

Source: Florida Times Union, April 25, 2010.Despite shrill critics, Ahmed an ideal appointee By Ron Littlepage. From the editorial page Some are upset that the terms “bigoted” and “intolerant” have been used in the debate over Parvez Ahmed’s nomination to the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission. Here’s just one example of why...

Jacksonville.com Submitted by Ron Littlepage on April 20, 2010 – 1:30am Good people came to the City Council Rules Committee meeting Monday in support of Parvez Ahmed, Mayor John Peyton’s nominee to the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission. Their presence and words will help erase some of the stain placed on this community by the bigotry and intolerance...