{"id":1909,"date":"2004-07-12T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-12T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2004-07-12T01:01:00","modified_gmt":"2004-07-12T06:01:00","slug":"tensions_strained_between_american_muslims_and_the_fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/07\/tensions_strained_between_american_muslims_and_the_fbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim&#045;Government relations: Tensions strained between American Muslims and the FBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/raid_muslimorg.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\">Closed for refurbishment<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>It was a promising turn in the rocky relationship between federal authorities (mainly the FBI) and the American Muslim populace.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.klas-tv.com%2FGlobal%2Fstory.asp%3FS%3D2011184%26nav%3D168XOYuF\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Overtures<\/a> were made towards US Muslims regarding a more vigorous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fstories.pl%3FACCT%3D109%26STORY%3D%2Fwww%2Fstory%2F07-10-2004%2F0002207779%26EDATE%3D\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">prosecution<\/a> of hate crimes (accompanied by <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com%2Fnational%2Fapwashington_story.asp%3Fcategory%3D1152%26slug%3DFBI%2520Terror%2520Threat\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pleas<\/a> for assistance in helping combat terrorism), and the response was a proposal by Muslims to encourage mosques to take a more active role in teaming with law enforcement agencies.  But with recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbi.gov%2Fpressrel%2Fpressrel04%2Fmus070904.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">warnings<\/a> using \u201ccredible intelligence\u201d predicting al-Qaida attacks in the US before the November presidential elections, the FBI (per <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com%2Fnational%2Fapwashington_story.asp%3Fcategory%3D1152%26slug%3DFBI%2520Terror%2520Threat\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">directive<\/a> from Director Robert Mueller) is preferring the old route of \u201cfishing\u201d for clues through interviews with Muslims in major metropolitan areas.  \u201cAre American Muslims going to be partners in this, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com%2Fmld%2Fmercurynews%2Fnews%2Fbreaking_news%2F9132185.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">suspects?<\/a>\u201d asked Salam Al-Marayati, director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council and author of a <a href=\"http:\/\/mpac.org%2Fhome_article_display.aspx%3FITEM%3D681\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">proposal<\/a> to create a \u201ccoalition of the willign to fight terrorism\u201d among US mosques.  FBI raids of Muslim organizations has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connectionnewspapers.com%2Farticle.asp%3Farticle%3D37645%26paper%3D61%26cat%3D109\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">picked up<\/a> recently, as have interviews with Muslims that ask about attitudes toward the Iraq war, Muslims who may have traveled to certain parts of the Muslim world, and whether or not certain mosques have extremist tendencies.  The raids on Muslim organizations and businesses have been particularly troubling since <a href=\"http:\/\/kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F787220.shtml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">none<\/a> have resulted in criminal charges and have disrupted many legitimate community organizations and lives.  \u201cWhen will the suspicion end?\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com%2Farticle%2Findex.cfm%2Fi%2F070604b_terror\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Helal Omeira<\/a>, the executive director of the SF Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. \u201cWe\u2019ve been so open, and three years later everyone is still a suspect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite promises of cooperation, the FBI is still going on &#8220;fishing expeditions&#8221; with US Muslim groups, and spurning offers of help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briefings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Muslim&#045;Government relations: Tensions strained between American Muslims and the FBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite promises of cooperation, the FBI is still going on &quot;fishing expeditions&quot; 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