On Tuesday, September 25, 2001, at 03:35 PM, Matthew Gaylor wrote:
As noted in a Christian Science Monitor editorial this week, "to have FBI agents with no preparatory contact knocking on the doors of Arab or Muslim citizens with no clear ties to acts of crime is a sure way to instill fear right where cooperation is most needed."
In legal parlance, this practice is referred to as "profiling." In my book, it's just plain racism.
And it has no place in my country.
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Riad Z. Abdelkarim is an American-born, -raised and -educated physician active in the American Muslim community. He lives in Southern California.
A dozen more warriors for Allah in this Jihad were recruited by this article. The U.S. is doing exactly what OBL is hoping for. I haven't been "visited," at least not so far. Maybe I never will be. I hope I have the presence of mind to say "You're trespassing. Get the fuck off my property." I would only "answer questions" through an attorney, and I would only hire a $300 an hour shyster if I _had_ to. Meaning, I would say nothing (I would hope) unless they arrest me. Until then, they can stay the fuck off of my property. (My last experience with security narcs was the event I described at Stanford. There, I did manage to have the presence of mind to answer none of their questions about my name, my reason for being on campus at the same time the Criminal Family was visiting, or about the contents of my bag.)