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‘Battle of Gaza’ Separates Arizona Muslim Family

Aishah Schwartz

‘Burn Quran Day’ an outrage to Muslims

Akbar Ahmed

Qur’an, Islamophobia, anti-Muslim, American Muslims, Islam in America, interfaith, extremists

‘Preliminary Victory’ in Imams’ Suit Against Airline

CAIR

cleared

40 Years Later: The Unrealized American Dream

Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou

A “Presidential Directive” That Threatens Our Democracy

John W. Whitehead

A Call for FBI Accountability

MPAC

A Government of People, After All

David Michael Green

AAI, ADC, MPAC Concerned By Alleged DOJ Guidelines

civil rights

AAI, ADC, MPAC Concerned By Alleged DOJ Guidelines

civil rights

Abuse of Language Threatens American Freedoms

James Zogby

habeas corpus, civil rights, Sarah Palin, Tea Party Convention

ACLU Sets the Standard in Struggle for “Liberty and Justice for All”

Jason Miller

civil rights

Advisory: U.S. Muslim Travelers Warned of ‘Forced Exile’

CAIR

civil rights, American Muslims, TAM article collection

AMANA issues a statement against any violence against “Burn a Qur’an” demonstration

Dove World Outreach, interfaith, anti-Muslim, Islamophobia, Islam in America, American Muslims, mae

America’s Ideals Are Being Challenged By Cordoba House Controversy - updated 9/1/10

Sheila Musaji

Islamophobia, Cordoba House, Park 51, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Daisy Khan, anti-Muslim, Islam in America, American Muslims, TAM article collection, Constitution, religious freedom, freedom of religion, freedom of faith

America, A Democracy in Crisis: Who is Really in Control?

Ramzy Baroud

American Lockdown: Law Enforcement OUt of Control and Beyond the Pale

Carolyn Baker

American Muslim and Arab Leaders Discuss Concerns With Attorney General Gonzalez

ISNA

civil rights

American Muslim Group Welcomes Supreme Court Gitmo Ruling

CAIR

American Muslims ‘Disappointed’ by DA’s Handling of Bias Attack

CAIR-NY

Islamophobia, incident

American Muslims eight years after 9/11

Abdus Sattar Ghazali

American Muslims Must Accept That They Are Not Equivalent to Real Americans

Sheila Musaji

American Sikhs Call for an Integrated Army

Sikh Coalition

An Electronic Concentration Camp: Big Brother in the Sky

John W. Whitehead

An Idiot’s Guide to Offensive Cartoons

Qadeeb al-Ban Harris

An Open Letter from a Muslim to Muslims: “Pray And Forgive.”

T.O.Shanavas

cartoons, (MAE)

Arab American ADC Deeply Troubled by New FBI Investigative Powers

Are You Brainwashed? Seven Principles for Free Government

John W. Whitehead

Constitution, civil rights

Bay Area Muslim Student Told to Remove Islamic Headscarf

CAIR-SFBA

Islamophobia, incident

Beyond Media Revolutions: Is Arab Media Truly Free?

Ramzy Baroud

BILL OF RIGHTS

http://www.crisispapers.org/liberty/constitution.htm#rights

Breaking the Nuremberg Code: The US Military’s Human-Testing Program Returns

Heather Wokusch

Bush and Habeas Corpus: Gutting the Constitution

John W. Whitehead

CAIR Asks States to Check Databases for Muslim Profiling

CAIR

CAIR Calls New FBI Profiling Policy ‘Un-American’

civil rights

CAIR Issues Travel Advisory for U.S. Muslims for Hajj

CAIR

CAIR Launches Eid al-Adha Voter Registration Drive

CAIR Says ADL Seeks to Hinder Legal Rights of U.S. Muslims

lobby, Islamophobia, interfaith, anti-Muslim, Islam in America, ADL, Abraham Foxman, shahada stoles, Omar T. Mohammedi

CAIR’s Indifference to Obsession DVD Distribution

Sheila Musaji

election, propaganda

Cartoon Wars: The Challenge for Muslims in the West

Jeremy Henzell-Thomas

islamophobia, (MAE)

Cartoons, Voltaire and the Non-Clash of Civilisations

Sajjad Khan

Change Doesn’t Have to Take 400 Years to Happen

Farish A. Noor

Obama, racism

CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE PATRIOT ACT - article collection - updated 7/9/10

compiled by Sheila Musaji

islamophobia, resource, article collection, civil rights, American Muslims, Islam in America

Civil Rights Groups Demand an End to Unlawful Delays in Citizenship Applications

CAIR

civil rights

Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against NJ Officials Alleges Illegal Surveillance of Rabbi’s Home to Rest

Rutherford Institute

Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Over Ordinance Restricting Use of Homes for Prayer Services

Rutherford Institute

Coalition Files Friend of the Court Brief in U.S. Supreme Court

civil rights

CONCERN OVER FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE IN AMERICAN TRIALS

MPAC

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

http://www.crisispapers.org/liberty/constitution.htm

Cordoba House - Yes!: Park51 - No Way? - updated 2/6/2013

Sheila Musaji

anti-Muslim, civil rights, Islamophobia, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Cordoba Initiative, Park51, leadership, TAM article collection, Soho Properties

Danish Cartoons – Expression of Freedom or Abuse of Speech?

Dr. Habib Siddiqui

Danish Cartoons: Enough Is Enough

Zafarul-Islam Khan

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE U.S.

http://www.crisispapers.org/liberty/independence.htm

Defending the First Amendment and Freedom of Expression

Stephen Lendman

Dialogue Between Muslims and the West

Maulana Waris Mazhari (tr. Yoginder Sikand)

Islamophobia, interfaith, clash of civilizations

Do We Really Want Big Brother Watching Us?

John W. Whitehead

Dr. Rafil A. Dhafir, The ‘Communications Management Unit” and the War on Muslim Charities

Katherine Hughes

civil rights

Driving Your Liberties Away: Biometrics and ‘Enhanced’ Drivers Licenses

Christopher Parsons

civil rights

Facebook caves in to pressure and threats on Israeli-Palestinian Dispute

Ray Hanania

lobby

Failing to Support Security Threat Claim, TSA Dismisses Case Against Muslim-American Airline Pilot

The Rutherford Institute

civil rights, patriot act, Imran Jamali, Constitution, rule of law, American Muslims, Islam in America

FBI Grills California Muslim High School Student

CAIR

Flemming Rose’s Inexcusable Excuses only Epitomize Hypocrisy

Dr. Habib Siddiqui

For Shame! Fear Is Back, with a Vengeance

James Zogby

Cordoba House, Park 51, Islamophobia, anti-Muslim, American Muslims, Islam in America, mosque

Forty Years Later: MLK, Death & Resurrection

Rabbi Arthur Waskow

Fourth of July - Keeping the Government Off Our Backs

John W. Whitehead

Free Speech and Civic Responsibility

Tariq Ramadan

cartoons

Free Speech and Political Spin: The Cases of Helen Thomas and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Free Speech or Hate Speech?

Faisal Kutty

cartoons

Free Speech Takes a Capitol Beating

Mike Ferner

Free speech to counter hate speech - Dove World Outreach Center incident

Sheila Musaji

Dove World Outreach, interfaith, extremists

Freedoms of Expression and Belief

Istiaq Ahmed

cartoons, apostasy, religious freedom, freedom of speech, free speech

Full Body Scanners: A Security & Privacy Concern

MPAC

civil rights

Georgia Muslim Barred From Court Over Islamic Scarf

CAIR-GA

Islamophobia, civil rights

Getting After the Devil: Obama and Civil Liberties

John W. Whitehead

Go to Helms, Regressives

David Michael Green

Hate rhetoric is escalating into violence - updated 1/12/2011

Sheila Musaji

Mike Vanderboegh, militia, Hutaree, anti-Muslim, Islamophobia, SPLC, racism, anti-immigration, anti-Semitism, racism, hate speech, Christian terrorism, Andrew Joseph Stack, Mike Vanderboegh, tea party signs, Obama, alarming statements, Obamaphobia, tea party, Gabrielle Giffords, Tucson shooting, Sarah Palin

Helen Thomas Incident - reprehensible, unconscionable, and offensive - updated 3/28/2012

Sheila Musaji

double standards, free speech, freedom of speech, media, propaganda, first amendment, Octavia Nasr, TAM article collection, Islamophobia, Arabophobia, Shaikh Fadlallah, Hisbollah

How about a little democracy for a change? Interview with Joel Hirschhorn

Jason Miller

If the President Does It, It’s Not Illegal?

John W. Whitehead

Inside the First Amendment: U.S. Muslims face a double threat

Charles C. Haynes

moderates

Institutionalized Spying on Americans

Stephen Lendman

Intellectual Book Burning in a Totalitarian Democracy

John W. Whitehead

Interpreter Can’t Get Tax-Funded Job Because He’s The ‘Wrong’ Religion

Americans United for Separation of Church and State

faith-based programs, World Relief, Islamophobia, separation of church & state, federally funded programs, Christians and Muslims, Islam in America, anti-Muslim

Interview with Georges Corm: Double Standards

Mona Sarkis

Islam and the West, Clash of Civilizations

Islamic Sharia and Jewish Halakha Arbitration Courts - updated 5/26/12

Sheila Musaji

Robert Spencer, Jihad Watch, Sean Hannity, Canon Law, interfaith, Cordoba House, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Islamophobia, anti-Muslim, anti-Islam, ground zero mosque, Frank Gaffney, Team BII, Center for Security Policy, Peter King, Allen West, Louie Gohmert, anti-Sharia, Oklahoma Sharia ban, halal and kosher, Pamela Geller, Sharia article collection, Tennessee, Oklahoma, David Yerushalmi, SANE, article collection, Raymond Davis, CIA contractor, circumcision ban, ADL defends Muslims, Abraham Foxman

Islamophobes Object to Muslim Prayer in Virginia Legislature

ISNA Statement on Holy Land Foundation Verdict

It’s a Constitutional Republic, But Can We Keep It?

John W. Whitehead

KARAMAH Takes Part in Meeting with United States Attorney General

Katrina, Walter and John: Has Anybody Here, Seen My Old Constitution?

Roderick T. Beaman

LAPD Announces Withdrawal of Mapping Plan

MPAC

Making Sure ‘Enemy Combatants’ Are Really the Enemy

John W. Whitehead

Martial Law and the advent of the Supreme Executive

Mike Whitney

Monitoring Muslims places of Worship

Dr. Aslam Abdullah

MRFF and the Center for Inquiry Send Joint Demand Letter to the Pentagon

Military Religious Freedom Foundation, interfaith, Mikey Weinstein, civil rights, Fort Eustis

Muslim Charities: Denial of Due Process to Muslims Disgraces Us All

Katherine Hughes

Muslim Father and Son Removed From Flight Because Attendant Felt ‘Uncomfortable’

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights

islamophobia

Muslim Scholar Denied Entry to U.S.

CAIR

Muslim Students Harassed in Minnesota Public Schools

Islamophobia, civil rights, incidents

Muslim, Civil Rights Groups Oppose LAPD ‘Mapping’ Project

CAIR-LA & MPAC

Muslimah Writers Alliance Director Requests Federal Action Against Islamophobia

Aishah Schwartz

Cordoba House, Park 51, Islamophobia, anti-Muslim, mosques, Islam in America, American Muslims

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In the name of God,The Compassionate, The Merciful

Oh mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other (Not that you may despise each other). 49;13

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compiled by Sheila Musaji

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Free Speech and Political Spin: The Cases of Helen Thomas and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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