I Always Feel Like.. Somebody's Watching Me

Wednesday, Muslim Advocates launched Hassan v. The City of New York, a lawsuit seeking to prove that the New York City Police Department’s surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey is unconstitutional. Several lawmakers have also petitioned the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into FBI violations of constitutionally-protected rights of American Muslims.

We in the American Muslim community are grateful for those who work with us and for us to defend the civil liberties of all Americans. And we’d like to show our support by launching another #ThankYou campaign on Twitter today, Friday, June 8, 2012.

We hope you’ll join us to thank those who are fighting for our civil liberties by participating in our Twitter campaign. We’ve included a list below to make it easy:

Lawmakers

#FF #ThankYou @petestark @RepBarbaraLee for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @RepRonPaul @RepJJJr for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @cbrangel @janschakowsky for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5 #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @Dennis_Kucinich for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @RepJudyChu @keithellison for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @RepLynnWoolsey for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @RepMikeHonda for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @repbobbyscott for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @ChrisVanHollen for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @RepZoeLofgren for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @RepAndreCarson for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @RepRaulGrijalva for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5 #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @JacksonLeeTX18 for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @jaredpolis for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @MelWattNC12 for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @JaniceHahn @RepSamFarr for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/bqZ5x #myNYPDfile
#FF #ThankYou @BradLander for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims http://ow.ly/br88X #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @JumaaneWilliams for expressing concern about #FBIsurveillance of American #Muslims http://ow.ly/br88X #myNYPDfile

Media

#FF #ThankYou @GGreenwald to speaking against #FBISurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/brcPW #myNYPDfile

#FF @ThankYou @nytopinion for speaking against #FBISurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/brcTV #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @farhanakhera for working to end #FBISurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/br2ma #myNYPDfile

Those Working on Hassan v. The City of New York

#FF #ThankYou @MSAnational @MuslimAdvocates for working to end #FBISurveillance of
American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/br5PG #myNYPDfile

#FF #ThankYou @ACLU for working to end #FBISurveillance of American #Muslims: http://ow.ly/br2HI #myNYPDfile

Please feel free to share and tweak—just remember that #FF & #ThankYou are crucial hashtags.

Thank you for your support and involvement—and happy tweeting!

Fatemeh Fakhraie (@fatemehf)
Zeba Iqbal (@zeba369)
Hind Makki (@hindmakki)
Wajahat Ali (@wajahatali)
Hussein Rashid (@islamoyankee)
Aziz Poonawalla (@azizhp)

(Related: my previous posts on the NYPD surveillance)