As the fight for democracy and human rights in Syria reaches fever pitch, with Syrian security forces killing at least 500 activists by some estimates, the drama has spilled over into diaspora communities outside the country. The Syrian-American community of the greater Los Angeles area - centered just five miles...

Officer Chand Syed works a foot patrol that takes him to Islamic centers and mosques in Los Angeles' myriad Muslim communities. His work falls under the counter-terrorism bureau, but he's quick to explain that he's not part of the FBI.

"We're not spies," insists Syed, a Pakistani who immigrated to...

Temecula, CA -- The Anti-Muslim fever in this suburban Southern California community has finally broken. Late last month, the City Council definitively ruled in favor of a proposed mosque -- but not before a bitter debate that brought to light both interfaith cooperation and bitter Islamophobia.

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