Mr. Mohammedi will be a panelist at a Black Lives Matter Panel on Islamic Relations at LaGuardia Community College
Free panel event: April 20th @ 10:00 AM Get details and tickets HERE
Mosque Is Blocked in New Jersey
BAYONNE, N.J. — They thought they had found the perfect place to build the first mosque and Islamic community center in this city’s history: an empty 8,500-square-foot warehouse at the end of a dead-end block, with room on its lot for 37 parking spots. The New York Times Mosque Is Blocked in New Jersey, but
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NYPD surveillance of Muslims (FOIL Updates) 2017
A federal judge has formally approved a settlement that installs a civilian watchdog on an NYPD surveillance panel to protect Muslims from unconstitutional monitoring, the Daily News has learned. NY Daily News Judge approves settlement to install civilian watchdog on NYPD surveillance of Muslims New York Law Journal NY Court Taps U S Doctrine
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Sireen Hashem Latest news
OTMLAW is pleased to announce that Ms. Hashem was handed the first victory in her lawsuit against Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Ms. Hashem filed her complaint last spring. In response to the Defendants’ motion to dismiss, the District Court sustained Sireen Hashem’s claims alleging employment discrimination, disparate treatment, retaliation (which included a false report
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First victory of Muslim teacher: NJ Federal Court denied the School’s Motion to Dismiss against a teacher claiming discrimination based on race, religion and national origin.
OTMLAW is pleased to announce that Ms. Hashem was handed the first victory in her lawsuit against Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Ms. Hashem filed her complaint last spring. In response to the Defendants’ motion to dismiss, the District Court sustained Sireen Hashem’s claims alleging employment discrimination, disparate treatment, retaliation (which included a false report
Court of Appeals granted leave of court to file an appeal in OTMLAW FOIL case
The Court of Appeals granted Imam Abdur-Rashid and Samir Hashmi its application for leave to Appeal the Appellate Division, First Department’s decision which allowed the NYPD to use the federal Glomar theory “it cannot confirm of deny the existence of information”. Such theory does not exist under the New York State Freedom of Information Law
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The Court rejected the Handschu Proposed Guidelines to protect against the NYPD spying
On October 16, 2016, Judge Haigh, issued an Order rejecting the proposed settlement as “Not Fair and Reasonable” to protect the New York Muslim Community against the NYPD’s illegal surveillance. The Order was issued following a major opposition by the New York community against the weak provisions in the settlement proposal. In his decision, Judge
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Know Your Rights: Tour
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), The Association of Muslim American Lawyers (AMAL) and New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Associations (NJMLA) have been working, diligently across the country and NJ, as people’s rights are being violated: – Fighting efforts to suppress free speech and the right to protest – Defending people who were unconstitutionally jailed for
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Morality and legality: Trump Executive Order on immigration
Lecture, FREE and open to the public 6:00-8:00 PM Thursday February 9, 2017 The Bateman Room (2nd Fl), Fordham Law School Morality and legality: Trump Executive Order on immigration Speaker Omar Mohammedi, Esq. Adjunct Professor Flyer
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The legality and morality of Trump’s #MuslimBan
As early as 7 December 2015, in the midst of the Republican primaries, Donald Trump proposed a systemic policy of religious discrimination against Muslims with regards to immigration into the United States. Learn more.
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