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TSA tells Muslim traveler hijab now triggers security checks
New TSA screening rules amount to profiling
AMP Report: American Muslim and Arab civil rights and advocacy organizations have described the new security measures announced by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) amount to profiling of Muslims. Read More
No positive change for American Muslims in 2009
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: President Obama's good gestures and public policy measures have little positive impact on the restoration of civil rights of American Muslims curtailed since 9/11. The year 2009 brought no positive change to alleviate the plight of the seven-million strong American Muslim community which remains victim of guilt by association. Read More
US Muslims & Media...Lost Love
By Dina Rabie: The Muslim community remains poles apart from the media industry in post- 9/11 America, where a severely negative image about Islam and Muslims is being projected by many media outlets in the absence of a clear Muslim media voice. Media professionals agree that in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack, the US media put much focus on Muslims, estimated between 7-8 millions. Read More
American-Islamic group alerted FBI to missing students
AMP Report: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) played a key role in alerting U.S. authorities about five young Americans who were arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of attempting to join militant groups after going missing from the United States. The five lived in Northern Virginia. The incident provoked deep concern in the Muslim community about the existence of homegrown extremism among Muslim American youth. Read More
The Status of American Muslims’ Civil Rights in 2009
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: The seven-million strong American Muslim community continued to face barriers to their full and equal participation in American society while certain individuals and institutions persisted in profiting by smearing Islam, says the 2009 CAIR report on the status of American Muslims. American Muslims continued to fear profiling, surveillance and undue scrutiny by law enforcement and other authorities, the report said adding: “The government’s ability to conduct surveillance without adequate oversight or control has expanded and shows no immediate sign of contracting.” The report was alluding to the Attorney General’s Guidelines issued in the waning days of Bush Administration and adopted by the Obama administration. Read More
The Politics of Minaret
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: The seven-million strong American Muslim community has received the ban on Minarets in Switzerland with alarm and dismay. The referendum is seen as part of a recent disturbing trend in Europe to restrict the religious freedom and self-expression of religious and ethnic minorities, notably of Muslims. Read More
A rejoinder to “The 500 most influential Muslims of the world”
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: The Amman, Jordan-based Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in collaboration with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Georgetown University, Washington DC, has issued a list of 500 most influential Muslims in the world. Read More
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