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OKLA. CITY — A Muslim civil rights organization is legally challenging a freshly passed constitutional amendment regarding Islamic law on the grounds that it violates the U.S. Constitution.
The measure amends the state Constitution, changing Article 7, Section 1, making courts rely on federal law and state law when deciding cases. It forbids courts from considering or using international law, and it forbids courts from considering or using Islamic law, also known as sharia.
The action has sparked a heated debate between Muslims who want to live peacefully in America and Americans who worry about Islam’s increasing reach around the world.
Muneer Awad, executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, filed a 27-page memorandum in support of plaintiff’s motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction enjoining officials with the Oklahoma State Election Board from certifying the election results for State Question 755.
In Tuesday’s general election, the legislative referendum received 695,568 yes votes, 70.08 percent of the total, and 296,903 no votes, 29.92 percent of the total, according to the State Election Board. http://www.edmondsun.com/local/x1364884942/Anti-sharia-measure-faces-legal-challengeOKLA. CITY — A Muslim civil rights organization is legally challenging a freshly... more
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A coalition of Muslim, Sikh, Asian-American, and other civil liberties groups sent an open letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller this past week seeking an explanation of why a leader of an anti-Islamic hate group was recently invited to train state and federal law enforcement officers.A coalition of Muslim, Sikh, Asian-American, and other civil liberties groups sent an... more
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is questioning the silence of public officials and national media about a recent bomb attack on a Florida mosque.
CAIR, which has offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator, says media coverage has for the most part been restricted to Florida and that there have been no public condemnations of the bombing at the national level.The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is questioning the silence of public... more
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US Federal prosecutors are seeking to take over four mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a Muslim organization they say is controlled by the Iranian government.US Federal prosecutors are seeking to take over four mosques and a New York City... more
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An undercover, six-month penetration of the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, (CAIR) by a former federal agent under the guise of converting to Islam, is the subject of a book that came out on October 15, 2009.
Author P. David Gaubatz is a trained U.S. Department-trained Arabic linguist and counterterrorism specialist who as a federal agent had the government's highest security clearance. His co-author is Paul Sperry, a media fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, a former Washington bureau chief for Investor's Daily, and author of Infiltration: How Muslim Spies and Subversives Have Penetrated Washington.An undercover, six-month penetration of the Washington-based Council on... more
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It certainly will be a new look if the Muslim whack job that is suing them gets her way. Of course this lawsuit has nothing to do with discrimination and everything to do with imposition.It certainly will be a new look if the Muslim whack job that is suing them gets her... more
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has cut off contacts with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) amid mounting concern about the Muslim advocacy group's roots in a Hamas-support network, the Investigative Project on Terrorism has learned.
The decision to end contacts with CAIR was made quietly last summer as federal prosecutors prepared for a second trial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), an Islamic charity accused of providing money and political support to the terrorist group Hamas, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
CAIR and its chairman emeritus, Omar Ahmad, were named un-indicted co-conspirators in the HLF case. Both Ahmad and CAIR's current national executive director, Nihad Awad, were revealed on government wiretaps as having been active participants in early Hamas-related organizational meetings in the United States. During testimony, FBI agent Lara Burns described CAIR as a front organization.
Hamas is a US-designated foreign terrorist organization, and it's been illegal since 1995 to provide support to it within the United States.
The decision to end contacts with CAIR is a significant policy change for the FBI. For years, the FBI worked with the national organization and its state chapters to address Muslim community concerns about the potential for hate crimes and other civil liberty violations in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
But critics said the FBI improperly conferred legitimacy on CAIR by meeting with its officials, even as its own investigative files contained evidence of CAIR leaders' ties to Hamas.The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has cut off contacts with the Council on... more
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Ahmed Rehab is a Muslim civil right activist in the United States. He gets hate mail and death threats daily as people call him a terrorist. Is there something wrong with society? Many Americans relate Islam to terrorism but Ahmed is fighting for whats right.Ahmed Rehab is a Muslim civil right activist in the United States. He gets hate mail... more
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