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Friday 07 Aug 2015 - 13:39 Makkah mean time-22-10-1436
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Washington, (IINA) - American Muslim groups and civil rights activists across the nation are calling for greater transparency in an Obama administration program aimed at countering homegrown terrorism.
"Despite repeatedly raising concerns, civil rights and community-based groups have received no response from the government," Haroon Manjlai, public affairs coordinator of Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), said in a statement carried by OnIslam.
"Instead, the government has decided to prioritize Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), a program proven to be ineffective, with no support from the community it is directed towards, and major civil rights implications," he added.
Organized by Muslim and civil rights organizations, the news conference will be used to express growing community concerns about proposed government-initiated "countering violent extremism" (CVE) programming.
These events are being held in the three cities designated to launch CVE pilot programs, Minneapolis, Los Angeles and Boston.
"These joint actions send a powerful statement attesting to the degree to which the Department of Homeland Security has ignored criticism of local dissent in the proposed CVE pilot cities, instead selectively highlighting the relatively few groups who have thus far pledged support," CAIR-MA Executive Director Dr. John Robbins said.
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