LAPD modifies surveillance program of Muslims

David Finnigan | May 21, 2012

LOS ANGELES (RNS) Muslim leaders have worked with the Los Angeles Police Department to modify its new surveillance program on suspicious activities, following recent disclosure that the New York Police Department had been spying on local Muslims. By David Finnigan.
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FBI says Muslims’ trust is broken by NYPD spying

Jason Grant | Mar 7, 2012

NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) As friction over the New York police spying on New Jersey's Muslims continues to grow, the state's top FBI officer  said the uproar is damaging his agency's ability to gather important counterterrorism intelligence. By Jason Grant.
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N.J. leaders seek to ease anger over NYPD probe of Muslims

James Queally and Christopher Baxter | Feb 29, 2012

NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) Amid concern over the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims beyond New York City, state and federal law enforcement officials plan to hold a summit Saturday to assure religious leaders that they are addressing the NYPD incursions into New Jersey. By James Queally and Christopher Baxter.
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RNS NYPD MUSLIMS

Kevin Eckstrom | Feb 24, 2012

A man prays at the Islamic Cultural Center in Newark, which was included on a surveillance list by the New York Police Department to monitor Muslims' businesses, mosques and community centers.
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NYPD’s Muslim surveillance extended well beyond New York

David Giambusso and James Queally | Feb 24, 2012

NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) New reports on the extent of surveillance of Muslim groups by the New York Police Department revealed the NYPD had been operating well outside its jurisdiction, cataloging Muslim communities on Long Island, New Jersey and campuses across the region. By David Giambusso and James Queally.
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An open letter to Mayor Bloomberg about the NYPD profiling of Muslims

Omid Safi | Feb 23, 2012

To make sure others don’t destroy what’s so great about America, we’ll destroy ourselves.   Take that, terrorists!   You didn’t get to destroy us after all.  We did it to ourselves.
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American universities respond to NYPD’s racial and religious profiling

Omid Safi | Feb 22, 2012

If we come to fear each other due to our racial, ethnic, sexual, and religious diversity, the voices of terror and fear--literally, the terrorists--have won
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NYPD’s Profiling of Muslims—and Why It Hurts All of Us

Omid Safi | Feb 18, 2012

It is necessary to have clear and open lines of communication and a relationship based on mutual trust and concern for the wellbeing of all Americans, including Muslim Americans, while preserving the constitutional rights of all Americans, including Muslim Americans.    NYPD's profiling and spying are actually making us far less likely to have a meaningful cooperation, which puts all of us in a more vulnerable position.
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RNS NYPD BRIEF

Kevin Eckstrom | Feb 3, 2012

Muslim groups have called for the resignation of New York Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly after the NYD admitted to screening a controversial film about Islam to 1,500 officers, and targetting Shiite mosques for surveillance.
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Muslims petition attorney general for NYPD probe

Omar Sacirbey | Feb 3, 2012

(RNS) More than 30 Muslim and legal advocacy groups are urging New York’s attorney general to investigate the New York City Police Department after it was hit by a second scandal in as many weeks involving Muslim Americans. By Omar Sacirbey. 250.
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