Shoshanna Utchenik
ticklethewire.com
DETROIT — The tension between federal law enforcement and the Muslim community here continues to ebb and flow. On Friday, it was flowing.
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) was scheduled on Friday in Detroit to announce that it is suing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) and the FBI, claiming Muslims have been unfairly detained and questioned about religious beliefs at and inside the U.S.-Canada border, according to a press release distributed by the PR Newswire.
The suit, the press release says, represents 4 U.S. citizens who claim they were cuffed and questioned without cause by CPB and FBI agents. Questions included:
“How many times a day do you pray?”
“Do you pray your morning prayer in the mosque?”
“Who else prays in your mosque?”
CAIR-MI Executive Director Dawud Walid said in a statement issued on Thursday: “Invasive religious questioning of American citizens without evidence of criminal activity is not only an affront to the Constitution but is also a waste of limited resources.”
