American Civil Liberties Union

Innocent, peaceful American Muslims are being targeted by the FBI, with the bureau engaging in racial-mapping programs and informants infiltrating and spying on neighborhood mosques. Now we know that at least some of these activities might be the result of FBI counterterrorism trainings that describe Muslims as terrorist sympathizers.

FBI documents obtained by Spencer Ackerman of Wired.com's Danger Room blog detail training manuals and graphs depicting Islam as "violent" by comparison to Christianity and Judaism. Ackerman writes, "The FBI isn't just treading on thin legal ice by portraying ordinary, observant Americans as terrorists-in-waiting, former counterterrorism agents say. It's also playing into al-Qaida's hands."