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December 29, 2011

Muslim Leaders Boycott Bloomberg Event Over Spying 
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Fourteen Muslim leaders in New York City are boycotting an event with
Mayor Michael Bloomberg over a spying operation targeting local Muslims.
Bloomberg has expressed public support for an New York City Police
Department program that's monitored Muslim New Yorkers — even without
evidence of wrongdoing. The Muslim leaders were due to attend
Bloomberg's annual interfaith breakfast on Friday. But in a joint
statement, they said: "Muslim New Yorkers are united in our opposition
to the unjust, warrantless surveillance … [We] do not feel that we can
accept his invitation without substantial discussion of what we view as
a civil liberties crisis that affects all New Yorkers."



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