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Article: Transportation Secretary Meets With American Muslims
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- The Arab American News
- Article date:
- November 2, 2001
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TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY MEETS WITH AMERICAN MUSLIMS
WASHINGTON, DC, - Representatives of the American Muslim and Arab-American community met this week with Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta to discuss a variety of issues related to airline safety and security, including that of racial, ethnic and religious profiling of passengers.
Muslim and Arab groups represented at the two-hour meeting included the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and the Islamic Institute. Representatives from the Japanese-American and Sikh communities also attended the meeting.
CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad made a presentation to ...