[IslamCity] American Justice will apply to all of us, CHICAGO MUSLIM GROUPS SAY VERDICT ON BOIM CASE UNFAIR

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American Justice will apply to all of us Chicago Muslim Groups Say Verdict on Boim Case Unfair FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Muslim Civil Rights Center, December 08, 2004   (CHICAGO, IL, 12/08/2004 ) - An unfortunate, but expected, decision was rendered today by a jury who heard one side of the story. The Quranic Literacy Institute (QLI) has been found guilty on evidence that is vague and poorly contextualized without having a realistic chance of addressing the evidence cited against it.   Few weeks earlier, before the trial began, Judge Arlander Keys ruled in a summary judgment against the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP), the Holy Land Foundation and Mohammad Salah and held them liable for the death of David Boim without adequate due process.   Today, Judge Keys ordered the three Islamic charities and Mohammad Salah to pay $156 million to Boim’s parents.   SEE: Judge Awards $156M to Dead Teen's Parents http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/sns-ap-islamic-charities-suit,1,223551.story?coll=chi-news-hed   The defendants who had had their assets frozen already did not have the funds to hire the necessary legal representation; their legal team was comprised of one lawyer. They were denied a key continuance on the case, which is routinely granted, to prepare and refute the plaintiff’s arguments. Moreover, recent media coverage shows that many reporters have taken sides, and have presupposed guilt, condemning the defendants in the court of public opinion long before the verdict came out.   “Attention needs to be drawn to the fact that QLI has not received a fair trial - neither in the courtroom, nor on the pages of the daily papers. This is a case of justice catered to the more resourceful party, and proper due process denied to the usual suspects,” said Rasheed Ahmed , President of the Muslim Civil Rights Center .   “The implications of this case are trend-setting,” said Yaser Tabbara , Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations – Chicago. “Such a lawsuit, with the inordinate connections it’s trying to forge, is unheard of and therefore is likely to set an outrageous precedent in which every party with the necessary resources and an agenda will purport to sue every organization with the flimsiest links to suspected parties involved in the conflict in the Middle East, and for the most farfetched of behests.”   “In the case of QLI, the evidence cited to incriminate it has been vague and presumptuous; guilt was always presupposed. This is very much a political case in that the subjective identity of the defendant has solicited exorbitant and undue scrutiny, influencing the verdict. An unbiased fact-based pursuit of justice should really be the only determinant for the proceedings and outcome of a case entrusted to an official court of law. We ask that the media and the public remain vigilant of this alarming anomaly of democracy that seems to increasingly single out members of the Muslim-American community,” said Amer Haleem, Secretary of the Quranic Literacy Institute.   “This case was supposedly about remedying the harm that was done to an innocent young man, sadly, another egregious harm has been inflicted upon yet another completely innocent entity,” Haleem added      -END-   CONTACT: MCRC, Rasheed Ahmed, 708-598-6640, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Muslim Civil Rights Center is a community based non-profit organization with the mission to create awareness about civil rights in the United States. 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