• CAIR: Reject NSA Domestic Spying by Opposing FISA Improvements Act
  The FISA Improvements Act would legalize the very same NSA surveillance programs that Federal District Court Judge Richard Leon last Monday was ruled likely unconstitutional. In his opinion, Judge Leon said that the government's "almost Orwellian" collection of American phone records seemed to be a violation the Fourth Amendment's ban of unreasonable searches and seizures. 
  
• CAIR: A Strong Bond for Christians and Muslims (Post-Gazette)
  
  
  • Islamic Faith Finds a Fertile Home in the Latin American Community
    Latinos aren't simply being pushed away by the Catholic Church, many Latinos have been pulled toward Islam, especially since September 11th, says Ewing. She says after the hijackings -- and the immediate backlash against Muslims -- Muslims began to reach out to outside communities to explain who they were. And many non-Muslims grew more curious about Islam.
    
• CAIR-CA: Yamada Issues Statement on Bullying of Muslim Students
  Assemblymember Mariko Yamada (D-Davis) issued the following statement Dec. 19 on the release of a report by the Council of American-Islamic Relations entitled "Growing in Faith: California Muslim Youth Experiences with Bullying, Harassment and Religious Accommodation in Schools": "To read that half of the Muslim children surveyed reported verbal or physical attacks based on their religious background is truly disheartening. Students of every faith should be safe from bullying, and should have access to justice when it occurs."
  
• FL: Volusia's Anti-Islam Textbook Protesters Regroup for Another Go
  Early this month, he passed along an email to more than 1,000 people reporting President Barack Obama had launched a Muslim outreach program for American schools. It turned out to be a hoax based on a fake news report on a satirical website.
  
  • Jewish Experience of Islamophobia and Racial Profiling (Jewish Chronicle)
    "I hate A-rabs," said the young man next to me, in a southern accent. "I've just got out of the US Navy, and I can tell you, we Americans hate A-rabs. We still ain't forgotten September 11. We don't like Middle Eastern people."
    
• Islamophobe Pamela Geller Loses Boston Court Battle 
  
  • Judge Denies Anti-Islam Group's Bid to Advertise at Subway Stops (Boston Globe)
  • Profile: Pamela Geller and Stop Islamization of America