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NY-NJ Charities Get Expert Advice at March Seminar

March 11, 2010
(NEW YORK, NY) March 10, 2010--More than 150 imams, board members and executive officers from mosques and nonprofit organizations gathered to have their most pressing questions about financial and legal obligations answered at a free seminar at New York Law...

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Free Seminar Provides NY-NJ Area Mosques & Nonprofits with Legal & Financial Advice on FBI Surveillance, Governance, Charitable Giving

February 22, 2010
On Saturday, March 6, Muslim Advocates, in partnership with the Muslim Bar Association of New York and the New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association, will be providing free professional legal and financial assistance to leaders of the metro NY-NJ area's large...

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Muslim Advocates, NAACP Urge Dept. of Justice Make Full Review of FBI Conduct in Detroit Imam's Shooting

February 11, 2010
(WASHINGTON, DC) February 11, 2010--In a letter sent today to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, national civil rights organizations Muslim Advocates and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) expressed their shared concern over the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) use of lethal force in the October 28, 2009 shooting death of Detroit Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, its use of undisclosed informants, and recent inflammatory and misleading comments made by the head of the Detroit FBI office.

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Muslim Advocates Op-Ed Calls New TSA Rule for Travelers "Wrongheaded"

January 13, 2010
An opinion piece by Muslim Advocates Executive Director Farhana Khera,New Travel Directive is Wrongheaded,was published on Monday, January 12, in the Miami Herald, the Sacramento Bee and the Raleigh News & Observer, among others. The op-ed criticizes the new travel...

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Muslim Advocates Testifies Before US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Laptop Seizures & Other Privacy Violations

Muslim Advocates & Alliance for Justice Advise Mosques, American Muslim 501(c)(3)s on Lawful Election Activities

Muslim Advocates, ADC, CAIR, MPAC: Senate Homeland Security Report Lacks Substantive Analysis, Contradicts Own Recommendations