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KHALIFA v. MUSLIM STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION

No. 2 CA-CIV 3993.

131 Ariz. 328 (1981)

641 P.2d 242

Rashad A. KHALIFA and Stephanie Khalifa, husband and wife, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. The MUSLIM STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF U.S. AND CANADA, INC., a foreign corporation, and Anis Ahmad, Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 1982.

Review Denied February 17, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norris L. Ganson, Tucson, for plaintiffs/appellants.

Stompoly & Even, P.C. by John G. Stompoly and Beth Amy Hirshberg, Tucson, for defendants/appellees.

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

Appellees were awarded summary judgment in an alleged libel case. The issue here is whether there existed a genuine issue of fact on the element of "actual malice".

Rashad Khalifa, a Ph.D. in biology, wrote an English translation of the Qur'an (Koran). He forwarded an unsolicited copy to the Muslim Students' Association of the United States and Canada, Inc., (MSA) which published a periodic religious journal called "Al-Ittihad...

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