Muslim council reports rights abuses in US

The Council on American Islamic Relations says it has received a total of 2,728 civil rights complaints in 2008, marking an eleven percent rise since 2006.

The annual US Muslim Civil Rights report, titled 'Seeking Full Inclusion', is a chronicle of complaints the organization has received in 2008 from Muslims across the US about discrimination, anti-Muslim violence and harassment.

Altogether 80 percent of the incidents were reported in the states of California, Illinois, New York, Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Texas, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

The council, a Muslim civil rights organization, said the complaints increased by 3 percent compared to 2007 and by 11 percent compared to 2006.

A film titled 'Obsession, Radical Islam's War Against the West' was made in the US in 2008. More than 28 million DVDs of this film have been distributed in 14 US states.