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The league's rule book prohibits players from celebrating while on the ground, but spokesman Michael Signora wrote in an email Tuesday that the "officiating mechanic in this situation is not to flag a player who goes to the ground as part of religious expression, and as a result, there should have been no penalty on the play."
"To prevent the appearance of a double standard, we urge league officials to clarify the policy on prayer and recognize that the official made a mistake in this case," CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said.
"I don't think it was because of the actual prostration that I got the penalty," Abdullah told The Associated Press afterward. "I think it was because of the slide."
Indeed,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, there were two pastors sitting in Reid's postgame news conference.

Husain Abdullah said he didn't expect any repercussions from his penalty Monday night, least of all from his coach. After all,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, it was Reid who gave him an opportunity to work his way back into the league after he had stepped away.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a civil liberties and advocacy organization, issued a statement early Tuesday asking that the NFL take steps in response to the penalty.
Reid didn't agree with the penalty, but he also didn't make much of it.
The flag thrown in the fourth quarter of Kansas City's 41-14 victory over the New England Patriots on Monday night led to criticism on social media, with many wondering how it was different from players such as former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow dropping to one knee in Christian prayer.
Abdullah, who also fasts during Ramadan, told the AP in an interview last year the brothers wanted to make sure they did the pilgrimage while they still had the health and means to go.
And that's precisely the explanation that Chiefs coach Andy Reid said he received from the game officials. They had no issue with the prayer,NFL Jerseys China Cheap, Reid said, only the celebratory slide.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The NFL said Tuesday that Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah should not have been penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct when he dropped to his knees in prayer after an interception.
In the case of Hamza, it proved costly. He never got a shot to return to the NFL.
Abdullah is in his second year with the Chiefs after spending an entire season away from the game. He decided that, in the prime of his career, he would join his brother Hamza — who also was playing in the NFL at the time — to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. The Fifth Pillar of Islam is The Hajj,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the pilgrimage that all Muslims are supposed to make once in their lifetime.
Abdullah is a devout Muslim who took a year off from football to make a pilgrimage to Mecca,China Jerseys. He said after Monday's game that he knew before he even reached the end zone he would drop to his knees in thankful prayer after intercepting Tom Brady.
"When you go to Mecca," he said, referring to the end zone, "you should have the privilege to slide anywhere you want to slide. We have two priests in here. I think they will vouch for me."
After he slid to the grass in Arrowhead Stadium, yellow flags came flying from the officials.
"I'm pretty sure he understands who I am, what my faith is,NFL Jerseys Wholesale," he said. "And again, I think the prostration is all right. It's the slide. Come to a full stop, get down, make the prostration, get up and get out."