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New York: A coalition of Islamic groups is defending the New York City Police Department’s monitoring of Muslim groups across the Northeast. They say the department is simply doing everything it can to protect the city. [caption id=“attachment_235063” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“The department has been criticised by many other Muslim groups and politicians. Reuters”]  [/caption] Dr Zuhdi Jasser said today that he wasn’t in New York to criticise the department, but rather to thank them for monitoring extremists a job that Muslims should be doing. A group of about three dozen supporters cheered and clapped. The department has been criticised by many other Muslim groups and politicians after The Associated Press reported the NYPD secretly monitored Muslims across the Northeast in the years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Jasser narrated the documentary “The Third Jihad,” which uses dramatic footage to warn against the dangers of radical Islam. AP
While groups have criticised the department, this one says they are simply doing everything it can to protect the city.
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