Quote from jem:
Wael thinks the us puts U.S. citizens in jail because they are Muslim and he is educated. Imagine what goes on at the table in non educated house holds.
Please take some times to read the following;
http://www.soundvision.com/info/muslims/internment.asp
I hope that the HRW is a credible source for you. please check the graph;
http://hrw.org/reports/2005/us0605/4.htm#_Toc107126971
The Aftermath of the US PATRIOT Act
Much of the above happened as a result of the euphemistically entitled US PATRIOT Act, which was enacted hastily in the aftermath of 9/11 and rammed through Congress, by the administration, without much discussion or debate. And since the American Muslim community lacks political clout, Congress easily acquiesced to the administrationâs demand for additional powers to fight terrorism. The result, amply illustrated above, was sacrificing the constitutional protections provided to Arabs and Muslims so that they could be subjected to wholesale scrutiny.
Yet another bill, the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 (dubbed by many as PATRIOT II) leaked out by the Justice Department, would have granted the government sweeping powers to deport and secretly spy upon, wiretap, imprison, and punish American citizens and legal immigrants under the terms of a broadly defined war against âterrorism.â Needless to say, this generated a great deal of criticism, and Attorney General John Ashcroft eventually withdrew this further violation of civil liberties.
http://www.masnet.org/views.asp?id=852
Give me a heads up should you need further evidence.