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Printer-friendly  Email this item  Comment on this  RSS Feed  Al Marayati Speaks Against FBI Informants July 1, 2005 Multimedia for this item Audio Recording The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), publicly lauded cooperation with law enforcement in May, following the arrest of six men who plotted to attack Fort Dix. "Working with law enforcement on the local level yields effective partnerships between the Muslim American community and law enforcement," an MPAC release said. Contrast that with what MPAC executive director Salam al-Marayati said about Muslims serving as informants at the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) conference in July 2005 in Dallas. Transcript: Al-Marayati: So, number one, we reject any effort, notion, suggestion that Muslim should start spying on one another. In fact if you look at the Lodi case, the disaster of Lodi is that Muslims were reporting each other to the authorities saying, "Oh, this person is an extremist" and the other camp said the same things so both of them got in trouble. So, this is the model not to follow. Salam al-Marayati Comment on this item Name (optional) Email Address (optional) Email me if someone replies to my comment Title of Comments Comments: Note: IPT will moderate reader comments. We reserve the right to edit or remove any comment we determine to be inappropriate. This includes, but is not limited to, comments that include swearing, name calling, or offensive language involving race, religion or ethnicity. Click here to see the top 25 recent comments.

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