“Shariah: The Threat to America”
In September 2010 the Center for Security Policy released this report that called Islamic law “the preeminent totalitarian threat of our time.”
Category: Law & courts
“America’s Anti-Islam Hysteria”
Read an Oct. 12, 2010, column by Reza Aslan at The Daily Beast about the push to ban Shariah.
“Fears of Sharia Law in America Grow Among Conservatives”
Read the Oct. 13, 2010, story by CBS News.
“Special Report: The Price of Fear”
The Tennessean published a package of stories on Oct. 24, 2010, related to mistrust of Muslims in the state. Shariah law plays a part in that concern and is an issue in a lawsuit to block construction of a mosque in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
“Islam and the Midterm Elections”
Read an Oct. 19, 2010, Council on Foreign Relations interview with John C. Green of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, who says that although voters are primarily concerned about jobs and the economy, they may also feel growing anxiety about Islam and the cultural and ethnic changes in the country.
“Remarks by the President on a New Beginning”
Read the text of President Obama’s 2009 speech at Cairo University on the civil rights of Muslims.
“Attorney General Eric Holder on Department of Justice’s Outreach and Enforcement Efforts to Protect American Muslims”
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder also released a statement to coincide with Obama’s Cairo University speech, stating that the Justice Department is “committed to using criminal and civil rights laws to protect Muslim Americans.”
“The ACLU and Freedom of Religion and Belief”
The American Civil Liberties Union’s has a Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief that tracks legal violations in this area.
Ahilan Arulanantham
Ahilan Arulanantham is a professor at the UCLA School of Law and Co-Director of its Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP). He formerly directed immigrant rights and national security cases for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.