Federal court sanctions federal government for lying about existence of records on surveillance of Muslim groups

A federal district court in California objected to the FBI’s practice of withholding information from the court whenever it thinks it serves the interest of national security. While the court said national security interests could justify withholding the information about targeting Muslim organizations from the Islamic Shura Council and its attorneys, it could not block [...]

New Jersey transit worker fired for burning Quran on a day off

A New Jersey Transit employee is suing his employee for violating his freedom of speech when they fired him after during a day off from work he burned three pages of the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11.  -db NJ.com November 5, 2010 By  Chris Megerian TRENTON — On the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 [...]

Recently passed Oklahoma anti-Islam ballot measure said to be unnecessary and unconstitutional

Oklahoma’s Council on Ameican-Islamic relations has mounted a challenge in federal court to a measure forbidding judges from considering Islamic principals or international law in making a ruling. -db Al-Jazeerah Commentary November 8, 2010 By Abdus Sattar Ghazali The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today filed a lawsuit at the US District [...]

Muslim civil liberties group files suit to force police to release information on raid resulting in cleric’s death

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is seeking details about a raid led by the FBI on a Muslim cleric suspected of running a criminal gang. The cleric was killed by agents. -db Wall Street Journal August 9,2010 By Alex P. Kellogg DETROIT—A leading Muslim advocacy group is accusing local and state law-enforcement agencies of improperly [...]