Civil Rights Director and Staff Attorney Amara Chaudhry will be a panelist at Washington and Lee University School of Law 2013 symposium, Discrimination Against Muslim Americans in a Post-9/11 World
Friday, February 15, 2013 – Lexington, VA
Amara will share her expertise in challenging “anti-Shariah” legislation in Pennsylvania and nationwide, anti-Muslim profiling by the NYPD throughout the northeastern United States, security clearance denials of federal employees related to their identity as American Muslims, the official non-engagement policy of the FBI against Muslim organizations nationwide, anti-Muslim discrimination by state and federal prisons, and anti-Muslim discrimination by private employers.
Other panelists:
Nancy Hollander, Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward P.A.
Abed Ayob, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
Asma Uddin, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Legal Counsel; Founder and Editor-in-Chief of altmuslimah.com
Daniel Cox, Public Religion Research Institute, Co-founder and Director of Research
Hamid Khan, United States Institute of Peace
Haris Tarin, Muslim Public Affairs Council, Washington, D.C.
Professor Robin Wilson, Washington and Lee University
