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A “swift victory is not certain – raising concerns about an insurgency”:

• Libyan Rebels Prepare for Final Phase’ in Tripoli Battle (Christian Science Monitor)

NYCLU’s Donna Lieberman says, “The most effective means for the government to identify security threats is by focusing on criminal behavior, not religious belief,” but …

• With CIA Help, NYPD Built Secret Effort to Monitor Mosques, Daily Life of Muslim Neighborhoods (AP / Washington Post)
• NY Muslims Feel Targeted Despite Alliance Promise (Dawn)

… and although 57% of Americans would allow “a person who advocates doing away with elections and letting the military run the country” teach in the schools, 59% would  deny freedom of speech completely to “A Muslim clergyman who preaches hatred of the United States”:

• Tolerance Grows for a Wide Variety of Groups, Except for Muslim Extremists (U. Chicago News)

A T-shirt jihad: “Frisk me, I’m Muslim”

• 3.Asserting Their Identity: American Muslims Face Charged Climate since 9/11 (Kansas City Star)

He’s been told playing music is un-Islamic and threatened with death “for taking phone calls from women,” so what happens when they find out this Afghani DFJ’s pro-American messages are scripted by the U.S. Army:

• In Afghan Fight, U.S. Takes to the Airwaves (Washington Post with Foreign Policy)

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