While a majority of Muslim passengers fly without incidents, there is noticeable spike in instances of profiling. From switching seats to doing math equations, to saying in sha Allah, to looking at the cabin crew, Muslims or people who look Arab have been deplaned.
Civil Rights
Flying While Muslim or Arab: Know Your Rights As An Airline Passenger. InshAllah.
It’s no secret that now is not a popular time to be Muslim or Arab in America. Unfortunately, that doesn’t only matter if we place stock in popularity contests.
Fox News Watchers Consistently More Likely To Have Negative Views Of Muslims
Studies have already shown that regular Fox News watchers are substantially more misinformed about current events than consumers of other media, and that greater exposure to [Fox] increased misinformation on a specific issue. But a new poll suggests the conservative network may not just be harmful to viewers knowledge, but to their tolerance as well.
Letter Details FBI Plan for Secretive Anti-Radicalization Committees
OF THE PLANS put forward by the federal government to identify and stop budding terrorists, among the least understood are the FBI’s “Shared Responsibility Committees.”
US Deports Muslim Asylum Seekers
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 85 detainees for repatriation to Southeast Asia on April 3, 2016. Many of them were Muslims from Bangladesh.
Dispute Over Prayer Breaks Divides Muslim Meatpacking Workers
In Fort Morgan, Colo., 150 Muslim workers were fired in late 2015 after a dispute over prayer breaks at a Cargill beef processing plant.
In early 2016, the company changed its rehire policy to allow the fired employees to reapply for their jobs. But some community leaders say damage has already been done. The city's residents of East African descent, some of whom still have their jobs, are now at odds with those who do not.