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ARAB, MUSLIM AND SIKH ADVISORY COUNCIL'S SEPTEMBER 2006 MEETING FBI officials met with representatives from Council On American Islamic Relations , Sikh American Legal Defense Education Fund , Arab America Institute , Muslim Public Affairs Council , and All Dulles Area Muslim Society Center in a joint effort to build trust. Nawar Shora of the ADC told 500 FBI agents at the FBI's Washington Field Office in Quantico to not "let an FBI investigation be the reason for your first visit to an Arab home. You say 'FBI' to the average Yousef out there and they picture a middle-aged white guy talking in their sleeve. Recent Immigrant s don't have the comfort level, because in their countries oftentimes the equivalent of the FBI is the Secret Police ." Joseph Persichini Jr., acting assistant director in charge of the Washington Field Office, said that the leaders in the committee are able to contact each other at all times by phone or electronically. Perscichini expressed hope that the FBI would be able to attract Arab American agents, saying, "We have to recruit better." Reaching Out Across Cultures The Washington Post When Muslim leaders learned that an FBI agent wrote an e-mail expressing suspicion of Muslim groups in Northern Virginia having ties to terrorists, the leaders complained to Persichini. Shora has since said the controversy is resolved. SEE ALSO REFERENCES
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