Ties between US Muslims, FBI worsened: NYT

NEW YORK Muslim leaders in the US say relations between the religious community and the FBI have worsened in the recent months, according to a leading US newspapers report.
Some Muslims say they were told in lawsuits that their green cards depended on whether they were willing to inform about the activities of their family members residing outside the country, The New York Times reported.
A group of South Asian Muslims in New York told the newspaper they were assembling a database of complaints about investigators.
Ingrid Mattson, President of the Islamic Society of North America, was the Muslim representative at a prayer service in Washington after President Obamas inauguration. She said she knows Muslims who have cancelled overseas trips or are less willing to give to Muslim charities. There is a sense that law enforcement is viewing our communities not as partners but as objects of suspicion, she said. A lot of people are really, really alarmed about this.
The FBI says it tries to work with Muslim leaders. In October, agents met 40 leaders in the New York borough of Queens.