{"id":295,"date":"2007-11-09T15:22:02","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T15:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2007\/11\/lapd-announces-muslim-mapping.php"},"modified":"2007-11-09T15:22:02","modified_gmt":"2007-11-09T15:22:02","slug":"lapd-announces-muslim-mapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2007\/11\/lapd-announces-muslim-mapping","title":{"rendered":"LAPD Announces Muslim Mapping Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>United Press International <\/strong><br \/>\nLOS ANGELES, Nov 9, 2007 (UPI via COMTEX) &#8212; The Los Angeles Police Department announced a mapping program used by its anti-terrorism bureau to identity likely terrorist breeding grounds in Muslim areas.<br \/>\nMichael P. Downing, a deputy Los Angeles police chief, detailed a joint program with the University of Southern California to compile mapping data demarcating Muslim areas deemed &#8220;at-risk communities,&#8221; the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are looking for communities and enclaves based on risk factors that are likely to become isolated,&#8221; Downing said.<br \/>\nCivil liberties and Muslim groups decried the project saying it is &#8220;nothing short of racial profiling.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;When the starting point for a police investigation is &#8216;let&#8217;s look at all Muslims,&#8217; we are going down a dangerous road,&#8221; said Peter Bibring, a lawyer with the ACLU of Southern California, in an interview with The New York Times.<br \/>\nHussam Ayloush, the head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Los Angeles, said the project &#8220;turns the LAPD officers into religious political analysts, while their role is to fight crime and enforce the laws.&#8221;<br \/>\nDowning said the Muslim Public Affairs Council accepted the program &#8220;in concept.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;We will work with the LAPD and give them input, while at the same time making sure that people&#8217;s civil liberties are protected,&#8221; Salam Al-Marayati, the group&#8217;s director, said in the Los Angeles Times.<br \/>\n<em>URL: www.upi.com<br \/>\nCopyright 2007 by United Press International <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Press International LOS ANGELES, Nov 9, 2007 (UPI via COMTEX) &#8212; The Los Angeles Police Department announced a mapping program used by its anti-terrorism bureau to identity likely terrorist breeding grounds in Muslim areas. 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