BREAKING: Lawsuit charges U.S. is denying citizenship to Muslim immigrants due to secret, unfounded ‘national security concerns’
Civil Rights
US Terrorism Prosecutions Often An Illusion
The US Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have targeted American Muslims in abusive counterterrorism “sting operations” based on religious and ethnic identity, Human Rights Watch and Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute said in a report released today.
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Drone Strikes in Yemen that Killed American Anwar Al-Awlaki
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit against Obama administration officials for the 2011 drone-strike killings in Yemen of three U.S. citizens, including an al-Qaeda cleric.
Civil Rights Orgs Demand Answers From White House on Surveillance of Muslim Leaders
In the wake of our story this morning reporting on the FBI and NSA’s monitoring of prominent Muslim-Americans, a coalition of 44 civil rights groups organized by the American Civil Liberties Union has sent a letter to President Obama demanding a “full public accounting” of the government’s “targeting of community leaders” for surveillance.
Arun Kundnani has written a sharp study of anti-Islam hysteria
Policy on both sides of the Atlantic has ended by criminalising Muslim opinion, silencing speech and increasing social division. These results may make political violence more, not less, likely.
DOJ Sues Philly School District for Religious Discrimination Against Muslim Man
The U.S. government sued Philadelphia’s school district for religious discrimination on Wednesday for demanding that a veteran Muslim police officer trim his beard.
- School Boards, Muslim Agendas, Bigotry, and National Security
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- MCC Hosts Congressman Van Hollen for Discussion On Immigration Reform
- Muslim Governments Sell Out Their Uighur Muslim Brothers and Sisters
- He Needed a Job. China Gave Him One: Locking Up His Fellow Muslims.