CAIR Chairman Elected to Board of ACLU-Florida

Washington, DC: CAIR National Board Chairman Parvez Ahmed has been elected to the board of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU-Florida). SEE: http://www.aclufl.org/
"American Muslims view the protection of civil liberties as one of the most important issues facing our nation today," said Ahmed. "By working with the ACLU in Florida, I hope to strengthen constitutional rights and help balance those rights with legitimate national security concerns." Ahmed is a resident of Jacksonville, Fla.
The ACLU of Florida, with headquarters in Miami, is the local affiliate of the national organization. It has 16 staff members, 16 chapters and more than 22,000 members and supporters across Florida.
CAIR and the ACLU have cooperated on a number of issues at the national level to defend the civil liberties of all Americans.

 

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