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    The Religious Affiliation of U.S. Immigrants: Majority Christian, Rising Share of Other Faiths

    by  • May 23, 2013 • Featured, Featured Publication, Immigration and Integration, Publications, Reports and WPs, United States

    Overview Over the past 20 years, the United States has granted permanent residency status to an average of about 1 million immigrants each year. These new “green card” recipients qualify for residency in a wide variety of ways – as family members of current U.S. residents, recipients of employment visas, refugees and asylum seekers,...

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    Anti-Shariah movement changes tactics and gains success

    by  • May 23, 2013 • Sharia, United States

    (RNS) When Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved a 2010 ballot measure that prohibits state courts from considering Islamic law, or Shariah, the Council of American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit within two days challenging the constitutionality of the measure, and won. But when Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a similar measure, one that its sponsor said...

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    CAIR to File Complaint Over MN Judge’s Questioning on ‘Sharia’

    by  • May 23, 2013 • Islamic Practice and Jurisprudence, Issues in Politics, Muslim Advocacy and Organizations, Radicalization, Security and Counterterrorism, United States

    (WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/17/13) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said today that it plans to file a complaint against a Minnesota judge who inappropriately questioned defendants on their religious beliefs and equated mainstream Islamic principles with terrorism. Before sentencing two Muslim women to lengthy...

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