OTMLAW Staff

OTMLAW prevails against defendants’ motion to dismiss – U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery said in a 41-page opinion late Tuesday that the imams, who say they were discriminated against when they were removed from a flight last year, have a plausible claim that their constitutional rights may have been violated…Read it here.

The parents of a New York teen named Osama have sued the school system, claiming their son was constantly harassed by teachers while school officials did nothing. Osama al-Najjar, a Jordanian-born Muslim, eventually plunged into a deep depression and tried to commit suicide over the incessant references to the infamous al Qaeda leader, Osama bin

ZAHN: Welcome back. We’re talking about the lawsuit filed by six imams kicked off a plane after some passengers complained about their behavior. The suit filed against U.S. Airways also names some of the passengers who complained as possible defendants. We just heard from Congressman Peter King who supports laws to protect passenger whistle-blowers. Now

OTMLAW files suit on behalf of Six Imams profiled by US Airways and Airport Police – The imams, most of whom are from Arizona, were returning from a religious conference in November when they were taken off a plane in Minneapolis, handcuffed and questioned. They had prayed on their prayer rugs in the Minneapolis-St. Paul

A key Islamic rights group is demanding an immediate inquiry after six Muslim imams were removed from a US flight. The six men were taken off the US Airways flight, bound to Phoenix from Minneapolis, after a passenger reported ‘suspicious activity’ to cabin crew. The men were told to disembark shortly after saying evening prayers.

OTMLAW files discrimination suit on behalf of Muslim Correctional Officer – A Muslim correctional officer at the federal jail in Brooklyn was harassed by other guards following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a federal lawsuit filed recently in federal court in Brooklyn. Read it here.

Amy Goodman interviews Omar Mohammedi, Esq. on the racial profiling of Muslim Americans in Airports – Middle Eastern, South Asian and Muslim passengers say they are increasingly victims of racial profiling and are being detained and harassed at airports. We speak with an American mother and daughter, both born in Iraq, who were held and