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OTMLAW seeks to protect the RLUIPA by representing ICCMW in this civil lawsuit

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The City of Yonkers, City Council voting process to designate ICCMW’s property was one of the fastest, and most biased land-marking of a property in Yonkers, New York. The designation targeted ICCMW’s application to build a mosque in the City of Yonkers, based on religion. Learn more about this case by checking out the following media articles: NBC News: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/islamic-community-group-sues-city-alleging-house-made-landmark-stop-n653256 Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/21/muslim-group-sues-yonkers-over-house-landmark-designation.html News 12, Westchester: http://westchester.news12.com/news/muslim-group-sues-yonkers-over-alleged-civil-rights-violations-1.12349479 FIOS1 News: http://www.fios1news.com/lowerhudsonvalley/planned-yonkers-mosque-lawsuit-sep-22-2016#.V-QF2pUm7q4

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NYLJ 100

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Today we bring to you the latest edition of the NYLJ 100, our annual report ranking firms’ average number of full-time equivalent attorneys in New York state for the 2015 calendar year. Read more http://otmlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NYLJ-100-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf

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Can the NYPD Comply With Basic Rules?

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The recent report by Philip K. Eure, the inspector general of the New York City Police Department, solidifies the lack of trust minorities have towards the NYPD. Read more… The New York Law Journal Here

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Muslim Civil Participation and Islamophobia

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Regrettably, our nation is beginning to head down a path where certain groups are discouraged or excluded from holding public office or otherwise contribute to the defense of the U.S. Constitution. Historically, minorities have always struggled to socially or politically engage in the U.S. whether it be the Italians, Irish, Japanese, Mexican and, of course,

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Supreme Court Lets Stand Immunity in 9/11 Litigation

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The Supreme Court yesterday denied certiorari to the plaintiffs in the ongoing 9/11 litigation. The denial affirms the decision of the Second Circuit holding that several foreign defendants cannot be sued in the U.S. under the exceptions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (FSIA). Read the report from Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme

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Welcome!

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Welcome to the OTMLAW Blog maintained by the Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi, LLC. The Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi, LLC provides services to its clients in a broad range of practice areas such as commercial/business transactions (e.g. buy/sell agreements, joint ventures, import/export, commercial real estate and intellectual property), international trade and

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Judge rejects Paramus man’s claim to police records linked to surveillance of N.J. Muslims

Media on FOIL & Glomar, News / otm1962

A New York judicial panel has ruled that a Paramus man is not entitled to records he believed the NYPD had kept on him during a period of surveillance on New Jersey Muslims. Read more…Here

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Muslim Attorneys Navigate Challenges of Ramadan – Featured Article

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Omar Mohammedi, a civil litigator with The Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi, said he tries to take naps between prayers at night and not to draft motions after 4 p.m. “You do that mostly at nights in between prayers”. This article, which features Omar T. Mohammedi, gives an interesting insight into how Muslim attorneys

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Appellate court sides with NYPD on Muslim surveillance documents

Media on FOIL & Glomar, News / otm1962

The unanimous decision by the judges accepted the department’s so-called Glomar defense—a provision related to federal Freedom of Information Act that allows federal agencies to avoid acknowledging or denying the existence of certain sensitive information if it rises to a level of “harm cognizable” to law enforcement and public safety. Read more…here

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District Judge Rules in Favor Six Imams and Constitution

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June 24th marked a major victory for our clients in the “Six Imams” case, with Judge Montgomery issuing a sharply worded opinion and order which, for all intents and purposes, voided a law that would proliferate racial profiling and discrimination against minorities–particularly those of Muslim or Arab descent by extending immunity to law enforcement officers.

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