Date :9/16/01 2:10:35 PM
  No.: 17
 
SPA-17-GENERAL/ ANTI-MUSLIM VIOLENCE ASSAILED

WASHINGTON, SEP. 16, SPA-- THE FBI AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENTHAVE BEGUN INVESTIGATING WHAT ARAB AMERICAN LEADERS DESCRIBE AS A WAVE OF ANTI MUSLIM VIOLENCE.

THE COUNCIL OF AN AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS REPORTED 210 INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE SINCE TUESDAY MORNING ATTACKS ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON.

JAMES ZOGBY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE, SAID THAT IN CONTRAST TO PAST CRISES- THE 1993 BOMBING OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE 1995 OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING,' THIS IS MORE MUTED IN THE BEGINNING, BUT IN SUCCEEDING DAYS, IT HAS UNFOLDED AND TAKEN AVERY DISTURBING COURSE'.--SPA


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