Muslims definitely feel oppressed inside US: Imam

A Muslim American activist says the Muslims are oppressed in the United States due to the government’s strict policies on the community.

“The Muslims definitely feel oppressed inside the United States,” Imam of Masjid Al-Islam Abdul Alim Musa in Washington, DC told Press TV on Thursday.

He added that “the United States government used the 9/11 as a pretext to declare open warfare on Islam and Muslims worldwide but especially here in the United States.”

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US, the New York City Police Department has mapped Muslim communities and their religious, educational and social institutions and businesses in New York City and other cities.

The NYPD has riddled communities with undercover officers and informants.

“The whole atmosphere of Islam and Muslim life in America is changed quite a bit,” Musa said.

“The Muslims don’t trust each other anymore. They don’t feel comfortable going to the Masajid (mosques) because there are so many government informants from the agencies, from the FBI, from the NSA, and from Homeland Security,” he added.

Muslim New Yorkers have protested against NYPD activities.