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A Staten Island interfaith leader is in agreement with a coalition of more than 40 groups calling for the immediate resignation of NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly and both internal and external investigations into the covert surveillance of mosques in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Hesham El-Meligy, a member of Noor Al-Islam Society in Mariners Harbor, along with civil liberties, human rights and interfaith groups, backed a statement by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) responding to a secret NYPD report revealed by The Associated Press.
The Shiite Muslim community was the main target, with the NYPD allegedly looking for ties between 15 local mosques and Iran, CAIR-NY said.