FBI and American Muslims: Balancing trust, suspicion

As the FBI  and police have  reached out to Arab and Muslim communities across  the US,   forging ties of trust and and reciprocity,  there has also been the uneasiness of having to probe terror connections,  and investigate the degree of seriousness,  and connecting links to the middle east.  

Law enforcement have had many occasions of the need to investigate or suspect activities such as the providing of  material support to terrorist organizations. Prosecutors are often  faced with the complex task of having to decipher  whether reported admissions to Pakistani authorities are admissible in a U.S. court and whether such statements were in any way coerced.

The concern about domestic terrorism as a threat is one that increases with time.  

Finding the balance between building trust with US Muslim communities,  while trying to keep at bay the threat of internal opposition is a tenuous one.  This ardent task is made worse by the fact that President Barack Obama  -  in a decisive break with his predecessor and the entire  W Bush Administration  - has vowed to improve and repair relations with Muslims around the globe.  

In the Washington Post piece on which this article is founded,  it is stated:  When asked about the arrests in Pakistan, Obama praised "the extraordinary contributions of the Muslim-American community."

U.S. law enforcement officials have praised the Muslim community for coming forward with concerns about its own,  in relation to domestic terror threat, which the FBI has lauded as a 'very positive step'.