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Muslim civil rights group condemns anti-Muslim ads set to run on New York subway

Muslim civil rights groups and community organisations have condemned a series of anti-Islamic advertisements that will be appearing in New York‘s subway stations next week. The ads had initially been rejected by the city’s Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) but were later allowed after a legal appeal ruled them to be expressions…

US Senate to hold hearing on Muslim rights

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A US Senate committee said Tuesday it will hold a hearing next week on protecting the civil rights of American Muslims, two weeks after another panel hotly debated the threat posed by homegrown Islamists. The US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights…