ICNA Council For Social Justice
Established by the Islamic Circle of North America,
CSJ enters the social justice/human rights arena in America
To cooperate with existina social iustice efforts, and organize new initiatives when aporooriate. to eliminate barriers to Tull citizenship rights and privileges, work to restore civil liberties required for a democratic society, and raise public awareness and work to remove the gross inequities of the US criminal justice system.
ICNA Council for Social Justice (CSJ) is a social justice/human rights organization that strives to systematically facilitate assertive Muslim involvement in the field of human struggle for the rights of the poor and oppressed in the United States. We are told in the Our’an:
“Oh you who believe! Be standard bearers for Justice, as witnesses to Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, Or your kin, whether it be rich or poor; For Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts, lest you
Swerve, and if vou Distort Justice or decline To do Justice. verilv Allah is well-Acquainted with all that vou do.” Our’an 4:135/
“We have already sent Our messengers with clear evidences and sent down with them the Scripture and the
balance that the peoole mav maintain [their affairs] in justice ” [Our’an 57:251
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WHAT WE DO?
We strongly believe that education leads to awareness which in turn leads to change.
In order to bring positive change in society, we must educate the public. Unfortunately, many people are not aware of the numerous tvoes of iniustices which are ramoant in our societv. Through advocacv. we home to brina about al positive change in the world through education and mobilization. We have seven focus areas: family breakdown, structural racism. alobal iniustice. hunger/novertvlinegualitv iniustice to indigenous neonle islamonhobia. and unitst immigration policies.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
The United States has the highest
rate of incarceration of anv country in the world. Our criminal justice system svctematically taraets
immigration
From decade-long wait times to The Muslim Ran the American immigration system is fundamentally broken and tinitist We believe
Poverty
The United States boasts the highest rate of noverty in anv develoned country around the world. From our large cities to our rural nonulation I
ISLAMOPHOBIA
Cinco tha Cantamhor 11th attacke American Muslims have been facing discrimination and abrico not inct from their fellow citizens
GLOBAL INJUSTICE
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India to life under apartheid for the Dalectinian noonlo ICNA CS7 tracke systems of global injustice…
MUSLIM PRISONERS
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