New FBI interviews amount to intimidation, CAIR leader says

Interviews by FBI agents in a new round of questioning aimed at preventing terrorist attacks amount to intimidation, the Florida leader of a national Islamic group said Monday. At least a dozen Arab Americans or Muslim Americans in Florida have been interviewed. After the Sept. 11 attacks, the FBI interviewed hundreds of Arab Americans and Muslim Americans around the nation, leading to accusations of racial profiling. "It's appalling that this is happening again," said Altaf Aali, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Florida in Fort Lauderdale. "This is deja vu all over again." [more]

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