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(AP photo) LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF THE MAJLIS ASH-SHURA OF METROPOLITAN NY JOIN COMRADES IN STRUGGLE TO ANNOUNCE LAW SUIT AGAINST NYPD: first row, beginning from right to left: plaintiff Asad Dandia (white shirt with black tie), Majlis Executive Committee member Imam Siraj Wahhaj (representing Masjid At-Taqwa as a plaintiff), me (Imam Al-Hajj Talib 'Abdur-Rashid) , Amir of The Majlis, plaintiff Imam Hamid Hassan Raza, of Masjidul-Ansar, attorney Hina Shamsi of The ACLU, attorney Ramzi Kassem of City University of NY CLEAR (Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility) , Dalia Shams, also of   CLEAR 2nd row, right to left , Majlis secretary, Imam Abdul-Azeem Khan of Masjid Omar bin Abdul-Aziz, Imam Charles Aziz Bilal of Masjid Alhamdulillah, Imam Ayub Abdul-Baki of The Tauhid Center for Islamic Development, Attorney Art Eisenberg of the ACLU (far left) LINK: http://reason.com/blog/2013/06/18/nypd-faces-lawsuit-over-massive-surveillance STATEMENT BY IMAM A