While it is understandable that Muslims might be hurt over the surveillance of Mosques, they must also understand that some members of the community pose a threat not only to US but the world as well.
How does one prevent a Crime of every one says that they should not be under surveillance?
At this rate, Muslims might be inclined to say that Muslims must not be questioned by authorities for anything at all.
Muslims know their prayer meetings are used to indoctrinate people into Terrorism.
It was alright at the time of The Prophet when he had to preach(even that is debatable,- so is the pulpit lectures of Christians)
Better course would be for Muslims, is to understand that they have vermin amidst them and it is the Duty of a True Muslim to prevent murder and mayhem and ensure that Mosques are not used to indoctrinate people .
They must be used to teach the preachings of God.
Surveillance in fact helps Muslims to identify rogue elements in the Community and it helps Islam.
If ,on the other hand Muslims feel strongly about surveillance ,they might probably live in unfettered Freedom to their satisfaction in Libya,Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and of course Pakistan.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Council on American-Islamic Relations allege in the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles, that a paid informant named Keith Monteilh violated the First Amendment rights of hundreds of Muslim worshipers when he performed “indiscriminate surveillance” on “people who were more devout in their religious practice, irrespective of whether any particular individual was believed to be involved in criminal activity.”
More broadly, targeting mosques and even fervent believers is a sure way for the FBI to alienate moderate, law-abiding Muslims, says Ameena Mirza Qazi, staff attorney of CAIR-Los Angeles.
“When Muslims perceive that they are viewed as a suspect community by law enforcement or the FBI, it really has a devastating effect on relations between law enforcement authorities and American Muslims,” says CAIR’s Mr. Hooper.
“The FBI should be spending its time and resources investigating actual threats, not spying on every American who happens to worship at a mosque,” said Peter Bibring, a staff attorney for the ACLU of Southern California, which filed the complaint along with the Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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