Reda Shata learned firsthand why it doesn't pay to associate with the law enforcement establishment. He worked with the FBI and the police, inviting officers to his mosque for breakfast and even dining with Mayor Bloomberg. He personified everything that American imperialism has defined as a “good Muslim.” Yet an undercover police officer and an informant were assigned to spy on him and to keep tabs on his mosque.

XREF: Connects to broader literature on counterterrorism overreach and the NYPD surveillance program exposed by the Associated Press, and critiques of 'good Muslim' framing in post-9/11 security discourse.

Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politi…, loc. 586