by Catherine Herridge
Asra Nomani talks of
Muslims misuse of their religion and religious teachings. She defends NYPD
surveillance against them in the following interview to Catherine Herridge.
“I think that there is
a movement in America right now to claim this concept of Islamophobia, to say
that people are hating on Islam," she said. "Let's be honest, there
are people that do hate on Islam. But I think that (Police Commissioner) Ray
Kelly and the New York Police Department have been targeted in this larger
campaign to try to show that people are picking on Muslims.”
The New York Police Department's controversial
surveillance program involved efforts to infiltrate mosques and Muslim
communities on college campuses to gather intelligence on potential threat.
News of the secret program has sparked strong reactions, both negative and
positive.
Nomani said the Muslim community should take
charge: “I think we would be better served by being more proactive rather than
defensive.”
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