Recently I met a police officer during my Houston Police Academy cultural awareness training who proposed that the negative publicity about Islam has died down in the last few years. This week I learned that, to the contrary, Islamophobia is not only alive and well, but even promoted by certain branches of the U.S. [...]
National and New York Religious leaders Denounce NYPD
Profiling of Muslims on 10th Anniversary of Anti Profiling Law
Who: Diverse Religious & Community Leaders
Where: Christ Chapel, Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive New York, 10027
When: 12 noon Tuesday March 13, 2012
NYPD’s latest move to secretly monitor the movements and activities of members of Muslim Student Associations seems to be almost an act of desperation. From spying on Muslim citizens to training police officers using a dangerous film, and now this… when will NYPD learn that there have to be better ways to counter [...]
by Daniel Tutt, Bio
Over the last month, multiple scandals have leaked that show the extent to which the NYPD has violated the civil liberties of thousands of New York Muslims under the banner of counterterrorism efforts. Protecting the homeland must remain central in all of our policing and intelligence-gathering efforts, but it should [...]
As 2012 Interfaith Harmony Week passes, I am inspired to look around my city and listen for the sound of voices coming together. Sadly, at this particular moment in time, New York City is in a tense moment of discord. This week, the city’s Muslim community and its allies are calling for the NYPD Police Commissioner [...]
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