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How will SB 1070 affect the lives of Muslims in Arizona? Muslim Voice Many immigrant groups and civil right leaders and their supporters have protested the new SB 1070 bill. Some Muslims joined the protest alongside organizations like Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIRAZ), yet the legislation was signed by the Governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer. Many protested the legislation. In fact, over 500 gathered at First Institutional Baptist Church in the Central Phoenix neighborhood on Sunday April 25th. Hundreds flaked on the Church sight to listen to some influential community, religious and civil rights leaders in addition, to politicians from Arizona and Illinois.
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This new legislation will impact Muslims as well as other immigrant groups. If you are suspected to be an immigrant or have an accent you might be targeted and affected by this new law. Police can detain you without warrant until you prove your immigration status. This is only one of the ways Muslims will be impacted in Arizona by this new law. That is why some Muslim community leaders joined in the call to challenge the new law with other immigrant groups in the Valley. Inside the Church hall the atmosphere was charged with anger and anticipation for what is the next
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move for those who opposed this new law. Dr. Warren H. Stewart was the first speaker to address the crowd of hundreds. He motivated and inspired them to fight the new law with nonviolent measures. “We will be judged how we welcome people in our homes, there are no illegals on our planet” he said. Then he gave an outline of number of steps to combat this immigration bill which would involve direct negotiations with law enforcements, public demonstrations, political action at the voting booths, boycott if necessary, and civil disobedience if all fails to bring results. Professor Debra Friedman, Dean of ASU College of Public Programs spoke against the law and said “This is a poor public policy; the ambiguity of this bill will go beyond the immigrant community”. Congressman Louis Petrash of Illinois attended the gathering to express his support of the event and disapproval of the new law. Petrash in frustration over the new passed legislation said, “1070 is so hateful that it must be destroyed on by itself”. Representative from American Civil Liberty Union (ACLU) assured the crowd that “Our legal department is ready to join any lawsuit against this law”. Arturo S. Rodriguez, President of the United Farm Workers, gave a short
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speech where he reminded Americans of the legendary Cesar Chavez farmer’s movement that fed many Americans from the fruits planted by Hispanic immigrants. Marwan Ahmad, community activist and publisher of Muslim Voice newspaper attended the event and expressed his reaction to the new law “Muslims will be among those targeted with this new law and it’s important that we join the forces opposing it to protect our community and the rights of all potential victims of this discriminatory legislation” he said. Anas Helyhel, Chairman of the Council on American Islamic Relations of Arizona who joined the meeting too, said “It’s natural for the Muslim Community to find this new law appalling”. “The Quran instructs Muslims to stand up against injustice, racism, and conjecture, all of which this bill seems to advocate. No matter what good this bill claims to bring, we see that its harm will outweigh its good. We see it as a desperate attempt to legitimize racial profiling in order to hide failure of passing comprehensive immigration reform. This reminds us Muslims of recent attempts to legitimize racial profiling at airports in order to hide the failure of inadequate security policies”. To read more about the new law visit Muslim Voice website www. azmuslimvoice.net
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