Executive Director Farhana Khera Provides Congressional Testimony on Federal Discrimination Against American Muslims

Muslim Advocates Executive Director Farhana Khera testified in support of the End Racial Profiling Act before the U.S. Congress House Judiciary Committee on June 17, on a panel addressing "Racial Profiling and the Use of Suspect Classifications in Law Enforcement Policy."

View the full committee hearing. (RealPlayer SP required)

Ms. Khera described practices and policies used by federal agents in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) which discriminate against American Muslims. She illustrated these practices with personal stories from Muslim Advocates own work, including its April 2009 report, Unreasonable Intrusions.

Download a media advisory on Ms. Khera's testimony.

Download Ms. Khera's written and oral testimonies from this Congressional hearing.

29 ACLU Chapters Join Muslim Advocates Suit v. DOJ Over Full Disclosure of FBI Guidelines

July 27, 2010--Today, 29 state chapters of the ACLU join the national legal and educational organization Muslim Advocates in an ongoing legal effort to seek full disclosure of the unedited copy of investigative guidelines the FBI has issued to its agents.

As FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies before Congress on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, Muslim Advocates and the American Civil Liberties Union urge Director Mueller to tell Congress the full story about how the agency's extraordinary tools to fight crime are being turned against millions of its own citizens, including American Muslims. Tools intended to protect the country--such as massive data collection and analysis--instead, give the FBI unprecedented and unchecked power to amass huge amounts of detailed information on innocent Americans and community groups.

Download the media advisory

COMMUNITY ALERT: Seek Legal Advice Before Talking to FBI

The FBI is contacting Pakistani, South-Asian and other Muslim Americans to solicit information and advice about addressing violent extremism.

Muslim Advocates strongly urges individuals not to speak with law enforcement officials without the presence or advice of an attorney.

Please download the following COMMUNITY ALERT and contact Muslim Advocates if you require further assistance.

Department of Justice Continues to Cloak FBI Guidelines in Secrecy

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) January 19, 2010--In an ongoing suit, Muslim Advocates filed an amended complaint against the Department of Justice today, asserting that critical passages of its Domestic Investigative Operational Guidelines (DIOGs) for FBI agents--which contain directives for gathering data on racial and religious communities and mosque infiltration--were redacted, and need to be made public.

View the disclosed version of the redacted Domestic Investigative Operational Guidelines:

DIOGs Part I
DIOGs Part II
DIOGs Part III
DIOGs Part IV

View specific sections in the DIOGs that address ethnic geo-mapping of communities and the use of 'undisclosed participants' (agent provocateurs) to spy on communities and congregations

Click here for Muslim Advocates full press release.

Click here for a copy of the complaint.

Supreme Court Ruling Further Confuses American Muslim Donors

(SAN FRANCISCO) June 21, 2010--The U.S. Supreme Court's narrow ruling in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project today fails to provide clarity to donors and charities seeking to aid the poor and promote peace, stability and progress in the U.S. and throughout the world. While the Court's decision specifically limited its analysis to the conduct of the plaintiffs before them, the Court affirmed that an individual's intent to assist with peaceful, lawful activities was irrelevant.

Download a statement on the ruling by Muslim Advocates.

Muslim Advocates Attorney Addresses Material Support Laws At Convention

On Friday, June 18, Muslim Charities Works Counsel Akil Vohra addressed attendees of the 2010 American Constitution Society Convention in Washington, DC. Mr. Vohra spoke during the session, "Material Support Provisions and the First Amendment."

View a video of this session.