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Charlotte-Area Muslims Concerned About Reaction To Videotaping Arrest
POSTED: 6:19 pm EDT August 12, 2004

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte-area Muslims are concerned that the arrest of a Pakistani native seen videotaping the city's skyscrapers -- and how officials reacted -- could turn all Muslims into suspects.

"Everything we hear makes our community cringe," said Mohammad Ismail, a Charlotte architect and Palestinian-American. "This is our community also, and we don't like to be perceived as targets of people to be on the lookout against us. I think our (city) leadership did not really pay attention to the possibility of a backlash."

Some Muslims said they worry that Mayor Pat McCrory's warning to residents to watch out for people wearing layers of clothing in hot weather could target those in traditional Islamic clothing. About 8,000 Muslims live in the Charlotte area.

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"This country is dropping into a state of paranoia," said Hassan Safvi, 54, a Pakistani native who is a mechanical engineer for the state Department of Correction in Raleigh. "There is a fear in the back of everybody's mind who is from the Middle East that you are a suspect just because of what you look like."

Ok, I'll play.

What did the terrorists who blew up the marine barracks look like?

What did the terrorists who bombed the WTC look like?

What did the terrorists who blew up the embassies and the USS Cole look like?

What did the terrorists who hijacked four aircraft on September 11th, 2001 look like?

What did every successful hijacker worldwide in the last 30 plus years look like?

That's not paranoia, that's common sense. It's not profiling, it's simple IFF.