FBI to Interview PA Muslims (10/11/04)
PITTSBURGH (AP) _ Oct. 11, 2004 — The FBI will interview Muslims in Pennsylvania because the agency has received information about possible terrorist attacks before the Nov. 2 election, Islamic community groups said Monday.
The president of the Islamic Council of Greater Pittsburgh informed Muslims of the FBI's intent to interview 44 people in the region and has tried to educate residents of their legal rights, council President Clifton Omar Slater said.
In Philadelphia, FBI agents met last week with Arab and Muslim leaders and civil liberties lawyers to discuss plans for increased police action and investigation in the weeks leading up to the election.
FBI agents have been conducting similar interviews nationwide.
In a statement that informed Muslims of the impending interviews, Slater warned the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement intends to arrest at least 30 Muslims because of visa violations or because they are in the country illegally. Slater said he doesn't know how many of those Muslims are also on the FBI's interview list.....
Please pray they do a thorough job in Philly!!!!