On Friday August 28th, Faizan Syed the Executive Director of the St. Louis Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-STL) held a "Know Your Rights" (KYR) workshop at Al-Manara Academy. The hour long workshop began after Maghrib (sunset) prayers and continued till Isha (night) prayers. During the workshop members of the Islamic Center learned the best ways to send money overseas to help their family members and ensure the money doesn't fall into the wrong hands. The workshop also included methods to avoid becoming the victim of scam calls.
"Today scammers are targeting people with foreign sounding names who live in America" said Faizan Syed Executive Director of CAIR-STL. "The best thing to do if you or anyone in your family gets these types of call is to simply hangup the phone".
During the question and answer session a member of the audience mentioned that he was discriminated at work but never told anyone because he didn't want to be targeted by management. Faizan Syed explained, "it is illegal in the State of Missouri and anywhere in America for a company to retaliate against you for reporting discrimination".
CAIR-STL is dedicated to holding these KYR workshops at all local Islamic Centers in St. Louis to help educate the community about their rights, roles and responsibilities.
If you are interested in holding a KYR workshop at your Masjid please contact Executive Director Faizan Syed at faizan[@]cair-stl.org (remove the [ ] ).