Council on American Islamic Relations Connecticut and Oklahoma Chapters are teaming up
to present a joint workshop on
Know Your Rights.
Br. Razi Hashmi- the Executive Director of CAIR-OK and Br. Hamza Collins, Civil Rights
Director of CAIR-CT will co host the event.
The goal is to inform the community on important issues related to civil rights
and to share chapters experiences in handling civil rights cases; and, to discuss
some of the similarities and differences with regards to issues Muslims communities
are facing in various places.
Br. Hamza Collins has been the Civil Rights Director for CAIR-CT since the
chapters inception in 2004 and he is an active member of the ICNL.
Br. Razi Hashmi is the Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic
Relations in Oklahoma (CAIR-OK).
Since 2007, he has developed relations with the media, interfaith leaders,
governmental officials, educators, law enforcement, and various other civic
leaders to further the mission of CAIR. Hashmi graduated from Dickinson College
in Carlisle, PA in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies focusing
in the Middle East and a minor in Philosophy.
Hashmi is born to a Pakistani father and an American mother,
and was raised in Connecticut.
Refreshments provided by the ICNL.
Click here for pictures from the event.
(04-20) 17:38 PDT Santa Ana, Calif. (AP) --
A federal judge said Monday he will review records of FBI inquiries into several
Muslim groups and activists who claim they have been unfairly spied on and questioned.
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