Welcome to our Community Defense Resource Hub, a collection of tools and guidance designed to empower grassroots organizers, mutual aid networks, and solidarity movements. These resources provide critical Know Your Rights (KYR) information and frameworks for navigating infrastructure development, managing risk, and building resilience against state targeting and repression.
Muslims for Just Futures (MJF) unequivocally condemns the detention of Salah Sarsour, a respected Palestinian community leader, business owner, and Imam in Wisconsin. ICE agents targeted Sarsour, a lawful permanent resident of over 30 years. They detained and transferred him across state lines, unjustly separating him from his family and community
March 2, 2026
During the sacred month of Ramadan, Muslims for Just Futures, CLEAR, Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA) uplift the life and memory of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56-year-old legally blind Rohingya refugee. After being taken into custody, Border Patrol agents abandoned him at a Tim Hortons in Buffalo, five miles from his home, in the dead of winter. He was missing for five days before his body was discovered. His family is now grieving an unimaginable loss.
Today, Muslims for Just Futures (MJF) and The Internationalist Law Center (ILC) issued a joint statement condemning the signing of HB 1471 and HB 1473 , warning that these laws represent a sweeping expansion of state authoritarian power that threatens free speech, criminalizes dissent, and creates one of the most repressive environments for advocacy in the country. Both organizations warn that this sets a dangerous precedent that could spur similar repressive legislation across the country.