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- 1CAIR Urges Courts and Congress to Act After White House Claims 96% Drop in Muslim-Country Immigration▼CAIR Calls for Courts to Take Notice and Congress to Prioritize No BAN Act After White House Boasts of 96% Reduction in Legal Immigration from Muslim Countries
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling on US courts to take notice and on Congress to prioritize the No BAN Act after the White House highlighted a 96% reduction in legal immigration from Muslim-majority countries. CAIR says the figures amount to an admission of policies targeting Muslim immigrants and backs legislation to bar religious discrimination in immigration decisions.
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Spencer Ackerman, the Pulitzer-winning national security journalist, says the best book yet written about American Islamophobia has been published, in a recommendation shared with readers of his Forever Wars newsletter. Ackerman has covered the war on terror for two decades, and his endorsement draws attention to how anti-Muslim prejudice shaped US security policy after 9/11 and continues in politics today.
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The New York Times is running a piece examining how the post-9/11 War on Terror affected Muslim communities inside the United States, looking at surveillance, discrimination and policing directed at American Muslims over the past two decades. The article reassesses the domestic consequences of security policies launched after the September 11 attacks and their lasting impact on civil liberties.
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Florida has officially designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a domestic terrorist organization, according to a report by JNS.org. The move places a prominent national Muslim civil rights group on a state terror list, a step that is expected to draw legal challenges and criticism from civil liberties advocates while being welcomed by supporters of tougher measures.