Persecution of Muslim Americans

2. Persecution of Muslim Americans Since September 11, 2007

The fifth goal of such campaigns is to dehumanize Muslims generally and Muslim Americans in particular, by smearing their religion of Islam as a Fascist religion. Thus, when Muslim American civil rights are violated as a result of the Patriotic Act, other Americans may accept that as warranted by security.

The major sources of this section are:

http://www.cair.com/Portals/0/pdf/2007-Civil-Rights-Report.pdf: The Status of Muslim Civil Rights in the US, 2007: Presumption of Guilt, a CAIR Report 

http://www.cair.com/Issues/Islamophobia/Islamophobia.aspx 

http://www.cair.com/Issues/Citizenship Delays.aspx 

CAIR's daily updates: http://www.cair.com

Highlights of Abuses Against Muslim Americans:

- Employment discrimination

- Verba harassment

- Denial of religious accommodation

- Passenger profiling

- Legal / immigration

- Due process issues

- Denial of service / Access to public facility

- Attack threats

- Hate mail / propaganda / Internet

- Business discrimination

- Housing discrimination