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Muslim New Jersey Mayor Blocked from White House Eid Celebration

Originally Published 2 years ago — by NPR

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The White House organized a celebration for Eid al-Fitar and invited hundreds of prominent American Muslims, but uninvited Mohammad Khairullah, the mayor of Prospect Park, N.J., who is the longest serving Muslim mayor in the US. Khairullah was given no explanation, but he later found out that he was on a "secret list" that the government denies exists. The list was deemed unlawful by a federal judge, but the government continues to use it. Khairullah believes it uses racial and ethnic profiling and lacks due process. He hopes the Biden administration will disband the list.

Muslim Mayor Denied Entry to White House Eid Celebration Hosted by President Biden

Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Associated Press

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The Secret Service blocked Muslim Mayor Mohamed Khairullah from attending a White House celebration for the end of Ramadan, citing security reasons. The Council on American-Islamic Relations informed Khairullah that a person with his name and birthdate was on a terrorist watchlist. Khairullah, who has been critical of Trump's travel ban and has done humanitarian work in Syria, called the move "profiling" and "insulting." The group has called on the Biden administration to cease the FBI's dissemination of information from the Terrorist Screening Data Set.