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In my previous post I outlined the argument of one of the delegates for enhanced awareness of Islam in the US – demystifying the unknown, you might say.

Undoubtedly, this should be a global movement, too; particularly when it leads to the following:

A Los Angeles Muslim civil rights organization has filed a misconduct complaint and requested an internal investigation of police in Henderson, Nev., after seven Southern California Muslim men were detained and questioned for praying in a parking lot.

The men were driving through Henderson on Dec. 20 when they stopped for food and gas at a shopping center, according to the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

While stopped, the men prayed next to their vehicle. Two patrol officers soon arrived – followed by a police sergeant, according to a Henderson police spokesman.

“We got a call from a citizen saying that seven suspicious males [were] in a parking lot engaging in suspicious behavior,” said Officer Todd Rasmussen, a department spokesman.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations alleges that one of the officers said he was responding to a call about a “bunch of guys doing weird moves.” [Source]

More to the point, when did ‘doing weird moves’ become an arrestable offence?

Simply, baffling.

Via: AngryArab.

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