Clinton appoints Pandith United States representative to Muslims

Farah Pandith, originally from Srinagar, has been doing outreach work with Muslims in Europe and Eurasia at the State Department for several years now.

That role significantly expand- ed June 26, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appointed her the U.S. representative to Muslim communities globally.

This newly created position announced June 26, requires Pandith to step up her efforts "to engage with Muslims around the world on a people-to-people and organizational level," a press statement said.

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Pakistan woman, 26, among 13 shooting rampage victims

A 26-year-old woman from Pakistan was among those who died in a shooting rampage when a lone gunman barricaded a rear exit at an immigration services center in Binghamton, NY, and then entered the building and killed 13 people before fatally shooting himself on April 3, authorities said.

The shooter, Jiverly Voong, 41, had been laid off from IBM in nearby Johnson City, according to reports. He entered the center, which holds classes for new immigrants and prospective citizens, and might have picked his victims at random, police said.

The death of Parveen Ali, of Binghamton, who had come to the U.S. eight years ago from the Swat area of northern Pakistan, which is heavily under siege from the Taliban, has devastated the family, a prominent member of the Muslim community in Binghamton told Desi Talk.

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