Help Close the Department of Justice’s Loophole on Religious Profiling
Legislative Fact Sheet (October 2011) The Issue Since September 11, 2001, thousands of innocent Americans have been wrongfully targeted by federal law enforcement officials because of their race, religion and national origin. They have been searched, investigated, and detained without cause in the name of national security. In 2003, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) […]
Support the End Racial Profiling Act of 2011
Legislative Fact Sheet October 2011 The Issue On October 6 and December 9, the End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 (ERPA) was respectively introduced into the U.S. Senate and House. The act would prohibit and promote measures to eliminate profiling based on race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion by federal, state, local and tribal law […]
Support Due Process: Repeal Sections 1021 and 1022 of the NDAA
Legislative Fact Sheet (February 2012) The Issue The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA) was signed into law by President Obama on December 31, 2011. The law authorizes the U.S. military to carry out domestic anti-terrorism operations and indefinitely detain Americans and others suspected of terrorism without charge or trial. Section 1021 of the […]
Issues and Legislation
CAIR’s government affairs department closely monitors policy issues and legislation that impacts the Muslim community. Highlighted are the primary policy issues and legislation CAIR is currently promoting nationwide as part of its national legislative and policy agenda. CAIR 2013 legislative fact sheets CAIR: Oppose Warrantless Government Spying on American Phone Calls and Emails Oppose Indefinite […]
What We Do
CAIR’s government affairs department represents the interests of the American Muslim community before the U.S. Congress, the White House, and federal agencies. The department is responsible for actively monitoring legislation and government activities that affects Muslims and responding on behalf of the American Muslim community. To ensure that the Muslim community is being represented, we […]
Op-Ed: An American Muslim in Extra-Judicial Exile, Again
I hope that someday we will all look back in shame at how routinely the United States once barred traveling American Muslims from returning to their country. But while that day may be far off, Ali Ahmed serves as just the latest example of how the misguided and illegal use of the no-fly list imposes […]
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Op-Ed: Thoughts of an American Muslim on Independence Day – CAIR
Word Count: 713 [Nihad Awad is national executive director for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization. He can be contacted at: nawad@cair.com ] As we mark one of history’s most triumphant acts of liberty, I want to share with you some of the many things America’s Muslims […]
Op-Ed: Thoughts of an American Muslim on Independence Day
By Nihad Awad Word count: 713 As we mark one of history’s most triumphant acts of liberty, I want to share with you some of the many things America’s Muslims are doing to preserve this fundamental principle of the American identity. The revolution we honor each year on July 4th was in part sparked by […]
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