Muslim Advocates welcomes the Obama administration’s announcement rescinding its policy of targeting travelers from 14 primarily Muslim countries for mandatory enhanced screening. Since this misguided policy was implemented in January, Muslim Advocates had been …

By Jim Bronskill
Ottawa — A civil liberties coalition says racial and religious profiling has become a fact of life at the Canada-U.S. border.
In a report released Wednesday, the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group calls on …

By Faisal Kutty
Kudos to the Toronto Star for last week’s in-depth expose on racial profiling by the Toronto police. While officials have routinely denied that they use racial profiling, critics have …

By SPENCER ACKERMAN
Too close to racial profiling, says Michael German, a former FBI counterterrorism agent who’s now the civil liberties organization’s national-security legal counsel.
From a new statement:

“We should be focusing on evidence-based, targeted …

By Frances Henry and Carol Tator
Authors of Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging The Myth of ‘A Few Bad Apples’
The recent ruling on the Parks question to challenge potential jurors on racial discrimination raises some …

New Evidence Reveals Police in Europe Target Minorities Excessively

Pervasive use of ethnic and religious stereotypes by law enforcement across Europe is harming efforts to combat crime and terrorism, according to a new report by …

Muslim Advocates is eager to hear from individuals who have been questioned or searched by Customs & Border Protection (CBP) officials at airports or land borders. We have received many stories from across the country, …

By FAISAL KUTTY
As the Canadian government forges ahead with its cleverly named Passenger Protect Program, the timing could not be better to seriously reconsider what is for all intents and purposes a no-fly list.
The attention …

Faisal Kutty
As the Canadian government forges ahead with its cleverly named Passenger Protect Program, the timing could not be better to seriously reconsider what is for all intents and purposes a no-fly list.
The attention to …

By Faisal Kutty
Online Journal Contributing Writer
As the Canadian government forges ahead with its cleverly named Passenger Protect Program, the timing could not be better to seriously reconsider what is for all intents and purposes a …

By Faisal Kutty – It seems like the question of race and discrimination in the criminal justice system in the U.S. will be staying in the headlines even after the Diallo murder trial fades into …