Tag: New York City
Religious, civil rights groups demand investigation of NYPD spying
October 25, 2013
A coalition of 125 religious, civil rights, and community-based organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday (Oct. 24)...
Anti-mosque group linked to Va. Beach councilman
October 17, 2013
A few weeks before last month's vote on the city's first mosque, Councilman Bill DeSteph received a 25-page PowerPoint presentation.
It came from...
Diesel Burqa Ad: Islamophobic Or Empowering?
(RNS) Islamophobic or empowering? Those are among the reactions to a new Diesel jeans ad featuring a heavily tattooed, topless white woman wearing a...
Spying on Muslims
The New York City Police Department’s indefensible program of spying on law-abiding Muslims in their neighborhoods and houses of worship has turned out to...