2018 Annual Report Final Copy

HIGHLIGHTS
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2018
Throughout 2018, our Legal Department continued its critical work of educating Muslims
about their rights, advocating against discrimination, and litigating when necessary to
fully protect the civil rights of the American Muslim community.
We responded to over 200 legal
We trained lawyers on filing mandamus
inquiries.
complaints for immigration delay
We successfully sued the federal
cases and compiled a thorough 200
page manual.
government to reunite parents with
their 4 daughters who were oversees
We represented Muslims who were
and not allowed to come to the U.S.
profiled at border crossings.
on their immigrant visas.
We received a grant from Columbus
We filed mandamus lawsuits against
City Council to distribute Know Your
the federal government and
Rights publications and to provide
compelled it to grant citizenship and
educational training for local
permanent residency to 7 Muslims
immigrants.
whose immigration applications were
We provided legal representation to
unreasonably delayed.
local Muslim victims of hate crimes and
hate incidents.
We sued 3 different employers in
federal court and obtained monetary
We provided legal representation to
settlements for 21 Muslims who were
dozens of Muslims who were profiled
terminated for discriminatory reasons
and targeted by the FBI and other
and for praying at work.
federal law enforcement agencies.
We published and distributed
We represented Muslim students who
were victims of bullying in school.
thousands of Know Your Rights
informational materials and
We redesigned our website to include
organized dozens of Know Your
detailed Know Your Rights information
Rights trainings at different mosques
translated into Arabic, Farsi, Urdu,
and institutions.
Somali, Bengali, and Bosnian.
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