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Muslim leaders gathering at the New Jersey Attorney General's Office today are demanding a full-scale, formal investigation into the New York Police Department's surveillance in 2007 of the religious community in Newark and elsewhere.
"We want them to take it seriously and to know that the civil rights of the Muslim-American community have been violated and these are serious allegations going on and we do want a full-scale investigation," said Nadia Kahf, chairwoman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in New Jersey.
The meeting among religious community leaders and state and federal law enforcement authorities was called this week to address growing outrage over the NYPD's surveillance of Muslim businesses and student groups in New Jersey in 2007. The activity was first reported last month by the Associated Press.