Is A Split Between Muslims And The F.B.I. Occuring?

Sheik Tarek Saleh said he used to welcome F.B.I. agents.
Piotr Redlinski for The New York Times

Muslims Say F.B.I. Tactics Sow Anger and Fear -- The New York Times

The anxiety and anger have been building all year. In March, a national coalition of Islamic organizations warned that it would cease cooperating with the F.B.I. unless the agency stopped infiltrating mosques and using “agents provocateurs to trap unsuspecting Muslim youth.”

In September, a cleric in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, sued the government, claiming that the F.B.I. had threatened to scuttle his application for a green card unless he agreed to spy on relatives overseas — echoing similar claims made in recent court cases in California, Florida and Massachusetts.

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My Comment: I think there is a lot of fear for the simple reason that many do not want to be caught.The flamboyant language used by some Imams coupled with terror plots being busted across the country is raising everyone's concerns that guilt by association may be the result of "all of this cooperation". As long as terrorists use the Muslim religion to legitimize their actions .... anyone who is associated with this sentiment will always be under suspicion.