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At home, Muslims are vilified and persecuted for their faith, ethnicity, and at times prominence, activism and charity.
They're lawlessly targeted. They're hunted down, rounded up, held in detention, kept in isolation, denied bail, restricted in their right to counsel, tried on secret evidence, convicted on bogus charges, and given long sentences.
For extra harsh treatment, they incarcerated as political prisoners. They're segregated in Communication Management Units (CMUs).
Doing so violates US Prison Bureau regulations. They strictly prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or political beliefs.
In February 2005, the Supreme Court's Johnson v. California decision affirmed 14th Amendment protection against racial discrimination. It "rejected the notion that separate can ever be equal or neutral."
Bush administration officials violated rule of law provisions regularly. So do Obama's. Innocent victims suffer grievously. It happens abroad and at home.
Guantanamo and other torture prisons exist globally. Muslims fill them. Post-9/11, they became public enemy number one.
Many in America are consigned to CMU prison hell. Treatment is ruthless and demeaning. Extra punishment may be ordered for any reason or none at all.
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