PA’s ‘Anti-Islam bill’

House Bill 2029 – Plain Text

• HB 2029’s sponsor Rep. RoseMarie Swanger’s Memo to all House members (June 14, 2011)
• Follow up Memo from Rep. Swanger to all House members (Oct. 18, 2011)

Memorandum prepared by CAIR-Philadelphia’s Civil Rights Director Amara S. Chaudhry, Esq. in Opposition to House Bill 2029

• Letter from CAIR-Philadelphia to PA House, Requesting Opportunity to be Heard (Dec. 12, 2011)

Additional Materials:

• American Bar Association Resolution
• Pittsburgh City Council Resolution
• Philadelphia City Council Resolution
• Philadelphia Bar Association Board of Governors Resolution Opposing HB 2029
• Follow-up Letter from Rep. Swanger to Pittsburgh City Council

Media Coverage:

• Sharia law as bogeyman – (Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 21, 2011)
• States Target Foreign Law (Wall Street Journal, Feb. 7, 2012)
• Meet the White Supremacist Leading the GOP’s Anti-Sharia Crusade (Mother Jones, Mar. 1, 2011)
• Proposed state law draws religious criticism – (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar. 12, 2012)
• Challenging Pennsylvania’s Misguided ‘Anti-Shariah’ Bill by Amara S. Chaudhry (Legal Intelligencer, Apr. 4, 2012)