Army intelligence agents inquire about UT Islam conference

[Rose Siding]

The U.S. Army sent intelligence agents to investigate a conference about women and Islam at the UT School of Law.

UT law student and organizer Sahar Aziz was shocked at the Army's interest and methods.

"It was not a terrorism related conference. It was very benign … The reason why we put it together is there had been a lot of debate on campus about these issues due to the burka in Afghanistan and Iraq," she said.

A few days later, two U.S. Army intelligence agents showed up and wanted a list of all the people who attended the conference.

They approached Jessica Biddle, who helped Aziz get funding for the event.

"I said that he was intimidating me and is there a problem? His response was 'no, no problem, we're investigating a couple of people who attended the conference and we need to see the list,'" Biddle said.
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Aziz said the Army's visit was a scary indication of attitudes towards Islam.

"It's confirming a lot of people in the Muslim community's fears that anything we do related to our religion, no matter how secular it may be, or religious which is perfectly legitimate, that we will be under surveillance that we are we are guilty by association," Aziz said.

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[GOPisEvil]

1. I guess these idiots haven't read the First Amendment in a while.

Jim Harrington will enlighten them. He's a tough fella...He'll rip 'em a new one.

[DuctapeFatwa]

2. Maybe they can just ban Muslims talking in groups larger than 2

That would ease the fears of so many Americans.