Muslim Advocates released a report on the tenth anniversary of passage of the USA Patriot Act. Losing Liberty: The State of American Freedom 10 Years After the Patriot Act illustrates how the law opened a new era in which federal law enforcement erodes America's cherished freedoms and wastes precious resources. In the report, which includes a forward by former Senator Russ Feingold, Muslim Advocates sets forth concrete steps Congress and the President should take to amend the law and uphold our nation's founding freedoms, which are guaranteed to all Americans, regardless of faith.
Click here to read the full report.
December 15, 2011
The President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President,
We, the undersigned Muslim, South Asian, and Arab American community organizations and bar associations, write to express our strong and unequivocal opposition to the military detention provisions of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act ("NDAA"), and to urge you to stand by your commitment to veto the bill if it reaches your desk.
Muslim Advocates Counsel Mohamed Sabur authored a May 30 piece on the blog altmuslim on the ways in which nonprofits and charities can provide accountability to donors and those interested in learning more about the organization.