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FBI's mosque-counting policy worries US Muslims
Agents in the FBI's 56 field offices will begin taking their own census of Muslims and their places of worship as part of the nation's anti-terrorism effort — a mandate that has ratcheted up the fear level in Central Florida's Muslim community. The FBI said mosques are included in the survey to protect the Muslim community from hate crimes. But civil-rights advocates in Central Florida and nationwide accused the government of profiling and said the FBI's plans are spreading fear throughout Muslim communities. "The impression it gives to the public is that you should be suspicious of every mosque you see because something bad could be going on there," said Omar Dajani, board member at the Arab American Community Center and an activist in Central Florida. "I appreciate everything the government does to protect the American public, but I disagree with some of the tactics used to achieve that goal." Too bad. Have you thought about converting to some other religion? Maybe one that, as a matter of doctrine, doesn't call for the deaths of members of other religions and eventual world domination? The New York-based National Conference for Community and Justice called the policy a "frightening example of inappropriate and misdirected religious profiling." Not as frightening as 19 Islamists hopping planes and crashing them into large buildings because both planes and buildings were full of infidels. Not that was an example of profiling, wasn't it? Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-02-09 |
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