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Acc/to court documents filed by the govt, #RashaAlawieh was questioned by a #CBP officer about photos on her phone that appeared to depict #Hezbollah fighters. Alawieh allegedly said they were shared by others within WhatsApp messaging groups of friends & family.

Alawieh allegedly said her interest in Nasrallah was in his standing as a #religious figure within the Shia #Muslim community, as opposed to his role as a political leader….

From Americans United for Separation of Church and State:

"We’ve announced our third keynote speaker for the upcoming Summit for Religious Freedom on April 5-7, 2025!

You can also check out our full list of sessions, panels and speakers – as well as social activities and opportunities to meet experts, authors and other advocates in the movement.

We hope you’ll join us, either in person or virtually, for this exciting event!"

Take a look at the selection of top-notch breakout sessions and their engaging speakers who form a core part of the program.

More info and Registration: eventspecialists.swoogo.com/sr

"Concerned at the UK Government’s intentions to review the #HumanRights framework and #JudicialReview we have come together to state:

While every system could be improved, and protecting #rights and #freedoms for all is a balancing act, our #HumanRightsAct is a proportionate and well-drafted protection for the fundamental #liberties and #responsibilities of everyone in this country.

The Act guarantees the rights to #FreeSpeech and expression, to life, to #liberty, to security, to privacy, to assembly, and to #FreedomOfReligion or belief. It prohibits torture and guarantees fair trials and the #RuleOfLaw.

Judicial review is an indispensable mechanism for individuals to assert those rights and freedoms against the power of the state." humanrightsact.org.uk/

humanrightsact.org.ukProtect Human Rights and Judicial Review – Defend the Human Rights Act and access to justice

A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

   In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
   The first is freedom of speech and expression — everywhere in the world.
   The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way — everywhere in the world.
   The third is freedom from want — which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants — everywhere in the world.
   The fourth is freedom from fear — which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor — anywhere in the world.
   That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. That kind of world is the very antithesis of the so-called new order of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the crash of a bomb.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Speech (1941-01-06) to Congress, Annual Message (State of the Union), “Four Freedoms,” Washington, D. C.

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

Be sure you don’t miss your chance to join us for a free virtual webinar this Wednesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. ET: “Trump’s First 45 Days: Hope in Action for Rights & Religious Freedom.”

Register: mobilize.us/srf/event/755521/

Even if you can’t attend the webinar live, you can still RSVP to receive a recording of the discussion afterward.

Hope to see you there!
Adriyanna Andrèus
Conference & Partnerships Manager

P.S. If you are an Americans United member, check your email inbox for information about an additional members-only discount to attend SRF or email membership@au.org.

Ways to continue to support reproductive freedom...

Sign the NCJW Pledge to keep fighting: jewsforabortionaccess.org/acti

Get a jump-start on Abortion Care Provider Appreciation Day coming up on March 10: jewsforabortionaccess.org/acti

Donate to the Jewish Fund for Abortion Access: ncjw.org/act/action/reprodonat

Looking forward to making noise with you!

Shira Zemel
Abortion Access Campaign Director
National Council of Jewish Women

People with a 3rd grade understanding of biology should not be making laws about people's gender & sexual orientation.

People who think bronze age fairy tales are an accurate description of how the world works should absolutely not be making laws about people's gender & sexual orientation.

Hating & persecuting people b/c of scientifically false fairy tales is deranged.

This webinar is part of AU’s ongoing SRF365 webinar series and just one example of the dynamic programming attendees can expect at our annual Summit for Religious Freedom (SRF) on April 5-7, 2025, in person in the Greater Washington, D.C., area, and virtually.

So register now for our free SRF365 webinar on March 5, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. ET and learn more about how you can support AU’s fight for church-state separation, inclusive religious freedom and our democracy. Then take the next step by visiting theSRF.org to register for the Summit for Religious Freedom.

Last year’s event sold out, so act fast! Members will receive discounted tix.

Register: mobilize.us/srf/event/755521/

Forward together!

Brian Silva
Vice President, Outreach

From Planned Parenthood:
Love is great — we LOVE love. But you know what we also love? Righteous anger. Resistance.

There are politicians in power who want to further dismantle reproductive rights and care. President Trump, Vice President Vance, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and other anti-abortion rights lawmakers are hell-bent on banning abortion nationwide, gender-affirming care, and other health care people need and deserve.

Donate: weareplannedparenthoodaction.o

Let it be known that they're the reason you support Planned Parenthood Action Fund and fight for reproductive rights!

With love (and rage)❤️,
Planned Parenthood Action Fund

A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

So our fathers said: “We will form a secular government, and under the flag with which we are going to enrich the air, we will allow every man to worship God as he thinks best.” They said: “Religion is an individual thing between each man and his creator, and he can worship as he pleases and as he desires.” And why did they do this? The history of the world warned them that the liberty of man was not safe in the clutch and grasp of any church. They had read of and seen the thumbscrews, the racks, and the dungeons of the Inquisition. They knew all about the hypocrisy of the olden time. They knew that the church had stood side by side with the throne; that the high priests were hypocrites, and that the kings were robbers. They also knew that if they gave power to any church, it would corrupt the best church in the world. And so they said that power must not reside in a church, or in a sect, but power must be wherever humanity is — in the great body of the people.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Speech (1876-07-04), “Centennial Oration [The Declaration of Independence],” Peoria, Illinois

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

🟡 FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Urgent, Verified
#defenseintelligenceagency #usa #leak #dei #deia

Was passed this leaked internal memo at the Defense Intelligencd Agency. The DIA will no longer be observing: pride, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Black History Month, Women’s History Month, and many other observances.

If you know anyone who is involved in organizing for any of the civil rights group impacted, please pass it along to them.

These include #transrights #lgbtqrights #civilrights #freedomofreligion #womensrights #holocaustremembranceday #disabilityrights #veteransrights

substack.com/@kenklippenstein/

SubstackKen Klippenstein on SubstackIntelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including: - Holocaust Remembrance Day - MLK Day - Juneteenth