Quote of the Day: Hina Shamsi of the American Civil Liberties Union

“When a police department turns law-abiding people into suspects because they go to a mosque and not a church or a synagogue, it violates our Constitution’s guarantees of equality and religious freedom.” — Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union National Security Project, after the ACLU sued to stop the New York Police Department’s […]

“When a police department turns law-abiding people into suspects because they go to a mosque and not a church or a synagogue, it violates our Constitution’s guarantees of equality and religious freedom.”

— Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union National Security Project, after the ACLU sued to stop the New York Police Department’s surveillance program of Muslims. She was quoted by Reuters.

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