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It was deemed remarkable and unprecedented: President Obama issued a video message to the people of Iran on the occasion of the Persian New Year. In the message, he told the Iranian people that he is seeking "engagement that is honest and grounded in mutual respect." As leading British writer Patrick Seale recently wrote, this message was part of a broader strategy on Obama's part to "build bridges to the Arab and Muslim world in order to restore America's battered image and tarnished international standing, and make it safer from terrorist attack."
This strategy is indeed laudable and a welcome change from the previous Administration's policies and philosophies. But there is another group of Muslims with whom America must have an unshakable bond -- American Muslims -- and recent actions by the FBI have raised great concern.