Groups Seek End to Religious Questioning At The Border by Federal Agents
(WASHINGTON, DC) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are questioning innocent Americans who are perceived to be Muslim about their religion and their political beliefs without any...
View ArticleMuslim Advocates Executive Director on "Policing Domestic Muslim Radicalism"...
Muslim Advocates Executive Director Farhana Khera discussed the constitutional rights of Americans in a December 13, 2010 panel discussion on KCRW-FM's nationally-syndicated radio program To The...
View ArticleExecutive Director Farhana Khera addresses congressional hearings on American...
As congressional hearings on the "radicalization of the American Muslim community" are chaired by Rep. Peter King (R-NY) starting March 10 in the House Homeland Security Committee, Muslim Advocates...
View ArticleStatement of Muslim Advocates on the King Hearing
The following statement was issued by Muslim Advocates on Thursday, March 10, at the conclusion of a hearing by the House Homeland Security Committee on The Extent of Radicalization in the American...
View ArticleProtecting the Civil Rights of American Muslims Hearing
Muslim Advocates' Farhana Khera testified last week in front of Congress to highlight the dire consequences of anti-Muslim bigotry in America. Click here to view the entire hearing.Farhana Khera's oral...
View ArticleBrennan Center, Muslim Advocates, AALDEF Request NYPD Intelligence Records
Civil liberties groups today called on the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to hand over records related to the department's domestic intelligence gathering operations. The request comes on the...
View ArticleStatement by Farhana Khera, President & Executive Director, Muslim Advocates...
As our nation mourns the deadly rampage against innocent American Sikh worshipers, and a mosque was torched to the ground just hours later, Andrew McCarthy and Frank Gaffney maliciously fan the flames...
View ArticleMuslim Advocates, Anti-Defamation League, Sikh Coalition & Nearly 100 Civic...
On the heels of a landmark Senate hearing on hate crimes and the threat of domestic violent extremism, nearly 100 civic, civil rights, faith, and community groups today sent a letter to President Obama...
View ArticleNew Jersey Muslims Respond to NYPD's Attempt to Dismiss Discriminatory Spying...
Yesterday evening, the plaintiffs in Hassan, et al. v. City of New York, the federal lawsuit challenging the New York City Police Department's discriminatory spying program targeting American Muslims,...
View ArticleStatement on Handschu v. Special Services Division
Muslim Advocates supports the filing today by Profeta & Eisentein and the New York Civil Liberties Union in the case of Handschu v. Special Services Division, seeking an injunction to stop the NYPD...
View ArticleStatement on John Brennan's Admission to CIA and NYPD's Arrangement on Spying...
In response to John Brennan's admission to the CIA and NYPD's arrangement to spy on American Muslims, Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: We are...
View Article29 ACLU Chapters Join Muslim Advocates Suit v. DOJ Over Full Disclosure of...
(SAN FRANCISCO) July 27, 2010--Today, 29 state chapters of the ACLU join the national legal and educational organization Muslim Advocates in an ongoing legal effort to seek full disclosure of the...
View ArticleMore than 40 Muslim, Arab, Sikh, South Asian Charities to Pres. Obama: Help...
(WASHINGTON, DC) August 11, 2010--In a letter sent today--the first day of Ramadan--to President Barack Obama, the national civil rights organization Muslim Advocates, and 42 other national and local...
View ArticleRights Groups Call for Protection of Muslims Amid Growing Social Tensions
In light of yesterday's stabbing of a New York City cabdriver currently being investigated as an anti-Muslim hate crime, Human Rights First and Muslim Advocates made the following statement:
View ArticleFaith Groups Ask Obama Administration to Protect Religious Freedom, Fight...
In the wake of recent hate crimes against American Muslims and nationwide protests against mosques, an informal coalition of faith groups and advocacy organizations is scheduled to meet with senior...
View ArticleFaith Groups Anticipate Federal Action to Protect American Muslims &...
(WASHINGTON, DC)--In the midst of a national increase in violence and intimidation toward American Muslims, a coalition of faith groups and advocacy organizations met late yesterday afternoon withU.S....
View ArticleU.S. Dept. Of Justice Supports Tenn. Mosque in Brief
Muslim Advocates commends the U.S Department of Justice for filing an amicus brief on October 18 supporting the construction of mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The DOJ's support for construction of...
View ArticleMuslim Advocates Files Amicus Brief in "No-Fly" List Suit
Muslim Advocates filed an amicus brief this week in the lawsuit Ibrahim v. Department of Homeland Security, supporting Rahinah Ibrahim's challenge to her placement on the U.S. government's "no-fly"...
View ArticleNorthern California Legal & Financial Educational Seminar for 501(c)(3)...
Muslim Advocates invites you register now for our next Legal & Financial Educational Seminar for 501(c)(3) Nonprofits & Mosques on Saturday, May 11, 2013 in Northern California.
View ArticleResources for Mosque & Institutional Security
In light of the tragic attack at the Boston Marathon, Muslim Advocates has organized key resources on mosque and institutional security from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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