Posted on 12/16/2004 11:29:12 AM PST by kattracks
(CNSNews.com) - The Department of Homeland Security is unfairly targeting Muslims, an Islamic civil rights group says, and on Monday, the group will host an "emergency town hall meeting" to discuss the situation.
The Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has invited speakers from the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, FBI, and Justice Department to address the gathering.
Local attorneys and relatives of people detained by immigration authorities also will speak.
According to CAIR-LA, over the last few months, several Muslim religious leaders in California have been detained on minor immigration infractions and have been denied bail. According to their attorneys, the detained individuals have been in the country legally and have filed all necessary documents to maintain their status.
Dozens of harassment complaints also have been filed by American Muslim travelers. CAIR-LA said the incidents include being unable to remove their names from the 'No Fly List,' repeated stops and interrogations at airports, exclusion from entry to the United States, and revocation of visas for no stated reason.
"While we are all in full support of securing our nation and its borders, we believe the selective application of the law only reinforces the widespread perception that government officials are targeting Islam and Muslims," said Sabiha Khan, communications director CAIR-LA.
The Monday evening meeting in southern California is being organized by the following groups: CAIR-LA; The Southern California Civil Rights Coalition (CRC); Islamic Shura Council of Southern California;Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC); Free Imam Wagdy Committee (FIWC); Airman Halabi Justice Committee (AHJC); National Lawyers Guild (NLG); League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) - Orange County Chapter; Los Amigos of Orange County; Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA); and South Asian Network (SAN).
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. . . until the 2nd head showed up, and the 3rd, and the 4th, . . ., until the market is saturated.
You feel so strongly about this that you had to post it three times?
Refusing to acknowledge the proper authority of a duly constituted government by any group is treasonous and thus no longer falls under freedom of religion. Of course any civilized nation should allow religous freedom to the greatest extent possible, but when one religion has the stated intent of taking over the government and dominating others by means of violence there seems to be a bit of a problem.
I understand the 'puter getting the hiccoughs, mine does so on a regular basis. Usually this results in my losing a really good post I had just written, but has also caused a couple of duplicate posts.
On a more serious note: I can not say the majority of Muslims, but given that the Muslim leadership has explicitly stated that their goal is dominance, I believe we can make a good case against them at least.
US Unfair to Muslims, Group Says
OH Boo Hoo...
Maybe they should stop making enemies of everyone then and wise up a bit...
"The Department of Homeland Security is unfairly targeting Muslims, an Islamic civil rights group says, and on Monday, the group will host an "emergency town hall meeting" to discuss the situation."
And then what? Blow up a school bus? Ram a plane into a skyscraper? Behead an unarmed man? Shoot an unarmed woman? Give her a cliterectomy on video tape? Burn some Bibles? Kill some Jews?
"Sean Finn" is one of my cousins.
Sinn Fein is the political-terror group.
These clowns don't know the meaning of the word "targeted"...yet.
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"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faiths, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth." -Omar Ahmad, Co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, aka CAIR President and CEO of Silicon Expert Technologies A Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp in Jordan. |
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