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cbayer

(146,218 posts) Fri Apr 13, 2012, 12:57 PM Apr 2012

CAIR-Michigan sues FBI, Customs over alleged 'invasive religious questioning'

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120413/METRO/204130380/1409/metro/CAIR-Michigan-sues-FBI-Customs-over-alleged-invasive-religious-questioning-

BY ORALANDAR BRAND-WILLIAMS
APRIL 13, 2012 AT 12:17 PM

Detroit— The local Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Michigan) has filed a lawsuit against the FBI and the Customs Border Patrol agencies for alleged "invasive religious questioning" and "prolonged detention" of Muslims at the U.S.-Canada border.

The line of questioning of Muslims reportedly included how many times a day they pray and who else prays in their mosques, according to CAIR-Michigan officials.

"Invasive religious questioning of American citizens without evidence of criminal activity is not only an affront to the Constitution but is also a waste of taxpayers' dollars," said CAIR-MI Executive Director Dawud Walid.

At a news conference Friday in front of the U.S. Eastern District courthouse on West Lafayette Boulevard downtown, Walid was joined by two plaintiffs in the case and other Muslim civil rights attorneys and an immigration activist.

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CAIR-Michigan sues FBI, Customs over alleged 'invasive religious questioning' (Original Post) cbayer Apr 2012 OP

Detroit area is a very strong Moslem community longship Apr 2012 #1

They need to learn that at the border, there are very few rights ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2012 #2

Are you saying that you support what they are doing there? cbayer Apr 2012 #3

No, I am saying it is most likely quite legal ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2012 #4

Did not know that. They can ask you anything? They can employ racial and religious profiling? cbayer Apr 2012 #5

Here are some links ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2012 #7

Nah, cbayer got it right. 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #6

Any other cheap shots this AM? ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2012 #8

longship

(40,416 posts)

1. Detroit area is a very strong Moslem community

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 02:59 PM

Apr 2012

Especially Dearborn, Henry Ford's town, which in the sixties Mayor Orville Hubbard successfully kept lily white. Ditto their private park, Camp Dearborn.

Kind of ironic that Dearborn is today precisely what Hubbard would have probably hated.

Concerning this case, it is apparent that the boarder guards are violating people's religious rights. I hope the government loses this one. In the US, the government doesn't have the right to question a citizen's religious practices.

Those boarder guards need to read the Constitution.

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)

2. They need to learn that at the border, there are very few rights

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 07:09 PM

Apr 2012

The geeks learned this lesson recently as well.

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

3. Are you saying that you support what they are doing there?

Reply to ProgressiveProfessor (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 07:18 PM

Apr 2012

While there are rules, I think constitutional rights still apply.

Who are the geeks?

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)

4. No, I am saying it is most likely quite legal

Reply to cbayer (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 07:38 PM

Apr 2012

The geek issues revolve around the confiscation and later return of laptops and other electronic media. There are no protections against any level of search when crossing the border. Few constitutional protections still apply. I will add some link on this later tonight.