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.”
Muslim Leaders Boycott Bloomberg Event over Spying
HeadlineDec 29, 2011