It's important to keep the lines of communication open, for the FBI to understand the Muslim community better and for American Muslims to better understand law enforcement agencies.
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We want to discuss the implications and impact of the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed and try to come up with initiatives to help calm the situation.Ibrahim Hooper
We know how to deal with these things in a positive way. We're opening an education campaign on the life and legacy of the Prophet Muhammad.
Ibrahim Hooper
It creates the impression that you have a two-tiered system of justice, where most Americans have full constitutional rights, and then you have a set of diminished civil liberties for American Muslims.
Ibrahim Hooper
We don't agree that there is widespread literature of that kind in mosques in America.
Ibrahim Hooper
The Pentagon decided to end whatever efforts they had because they said they hadn't found any evidence that military personnel were involved -- even though if you went to the site, somebody sent me one of the images where the person's name and unit were clearly indicated in the photograph, ... All we can do is bring these things to the attention of the Pentagon we can't force them to do it. If they want to drop it at that point without having really gone into it, then that's their choice. We stated at the time that we thought it was premature. There couldn't possibly have been a full investigation in the time that was allotted and it was sending a negative message.
Ibrahim Hooper
I think American media have responded much more responsibly than the European media, who have wanted to stick their finger in the eye of Muslims. Maybe it's because we have such strong First Amendment protections that American media don't feel the need to publish this just because they can.
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