The question of FBI entrapment of young Muslims.
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Erik Love studies civil rights advocacy in the United States, and is the author of 'Islamophobia and Civil Rights'.
The question of FBI entrapment of young Muslims.
![A funeral service for Usaama Rahim, at a mosque on Shawmut Avenue [Getty]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/469291ab55ab4ca28965dda1f33c3f9b_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Only the perpetrators are to blame for the explosions – but the knee-jerk speculation about “the Muslims” continues.

Many of the recent attacks have taken place shortly after well-publicised anti-Muslim hate speeches, argues author.

The New York Police Department’s discriminatory profiling of Muslim communities affects all Americans.
