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| Muslims in U.S. Consider Lawsuits |
| 2001-09-29 |
| AP/Newsday, by DEBORAH KONG Ibrahim Hooper ticks off a list: beatings, shootings, arson, firebombing, threats. They are among the 625 anti-Muslim incidents reported to his national group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, since the Sept. 11 terrorist onslaught. Only in recent days have reports of backlash violence slowed, many advocacy groups say. Now, some are slowly turning their attention to legal action, sifting through complaints and referring victims to attorneys. A defamation lawsuit filed last week by Muslim gas station owners in Illinois may be the first of a string of civil rights, discrimination and defamation suits, advocates and legal experts said. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |