Tuesday, February 7, 2012

  • Video: Iowa Muslims Feel Betrayed by FBI Mosque Spying (CNN)
    Singh says he assumed a Muslim identity – Rafik Alvi - and went into the mosques pretending to be interested in converting. He says he frequented mosques all over the state but attended the four in Des Moines regularly for seven years. He says sometimes the FBI gave him pictures of persons of interest and he would confirm that they were at the mosque. On a few occasions, Singh says he taped his conversations with congregants.
    • Video: CAIR-NY Calls for Oversight of NYPD Over Mosque Spying
      "We're really trying to pick up the pieces of trust here. This has been a breakdown of a relationship between the Muslim community and NYPD, and it's very clear that this is a renegade police department that needs oversight," said Cyrus McGoldrick of [CAIR-NY].
  • CAIR: Oregon Muslim Blocked from Returning to U.S. from Libya (Oregonian)
    "This is something that happens with shocking frequency," said Gadeir Abbas, staff attorney with [CAIR], which has called on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to intervene. His agency receives several calls each month from U.S. citizens who are Muslim and suddenly barred from re-entering the country.
    • CAIR: U.S. Bars Return of American Aid Worker in Libya (MSNBC)
      "Whatever questions American officials have for Mr. Tarhuni, no one should be barred from his or her country of citizenship without so much as a court hearing. It is immoral and unlawful for the United States to separate an American citizen from his children, his family and his country," CAIR said in a letter to Clinton on Friday.
  • CAIR: Negative Connotations Surrounding Sharia Must Be Dispelled
    The politicization of this issue is undermining the integrity of our judicial system and constitutional protections. US judges are equipped with the necessary legal tools to evaluate the legal and factual issues before them without the requirement of bright line rules, especially those that originate out of misinformation, distortion and outright discrimination.


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