Khalilah Sabra, Amnesty International, and the Bay Area Immigrant Justice Center in San Francisco, California. She is currently on the board of North CarolinaPeace Action, a consolidation of advocates. Sabra has previously served as a board member on the ACLU Racial Profiling Committee. In her role on the ACLU Racial Program, Sabra contributed to civil rights investigation on issues related to Islam and Muslims. Khalilah Sabra received the International Human Rights Award in 2013. Sabra was honored for her work with refugees in Lebanon, Syria, and nations hosting Palestinian and Syrian civilians as well as for her leadership role as Director of the Muslim American Society Immigrant Justice Center. Currently, Khalilah Sabra is accredited by the Department of Justice and Board of Immigration Appeals to serves as counsel for aliens in immigration proceedings for Immigration Review, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and Department of Homeland Security. In an op-ed for Seattle Times, Sabra wrote, Muslim must not be represented by attacks in America. She states: “Civic energy is useless when progressive thought is buried beneath violent transgressions and isolation. We, as a community, must draw a line in the sand. Our community leaders must be more aggressive in reminding its members what values Islam teaches us to embrace, with what degree of passion and what real Islamic character is. Most of all, we must ensure every member knows how to respond to the urges and tensions of a Muslim life that is currently dealing with society’s response to Islam.” The Attorney General's office made revisions to the policy regarding headgear. On Friday, February 16, 2007, MAS was notified by Special Deputy Attorney Neil Dalton that effective February 21, 2007, all customers, with no exception, must have their photos taken without any type of headgear visible except where removal of headgear would violate the religious conviction or wear headgear is worn for medical purposes.
