Scholars offer Muslims and police a new roadmap for better relations
c. 2016 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS) U.S. police departments must look beyond the Muslim American community if they want to effectively counter violent extremism, a new report from Duke University finds.
After surveying 382 police departments across the nation, researchers found what many Muslim Americans have concluded: that law enforcement focuses on the threat of Muslim extremists while downplaying the threats of white supremacists and other ideologically driven groups.
