Actions taken by CAIR on anti-Muslim FBI training and related incidents

• San Diego CAIR chapter, various mosques in the surrounding area, and many civil rights groups submitted a letter to the San Diego FBI asking for clarification on media reports about FBI anti-muslim training and instructors.
• CAIR national sent a letter to FBI director Robert Mueller calling for swift reforms on the agency's use of anti-Islam training material and instructors.
• CAIR called on the CIA not to use one of the Islamophobic counter-terror trainers who were exposed on NPR for allegedly smearing a respected Ohio Muslim.
• CAIR has in the past called on the Obama administration, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and Congress to provide oversight for apparently widespread anti-Muslim bias in the training of law enforcement, security and military personnel nationwide
•  CAIR noted the release of an 80-page report by Political Research Associates (PRA), titled “Manufacturing the Muslim Menace: Private Firms, Public Servants, & the Threat to Rights and Security,” which details a systemic failure to regulate content in counterterrorism training.
• CAIR’s New York chapter (CAIR-NY) called on the New York Police Department (NYPD) to investigate how a notorious anti-Muslim propaganda film came to be used in mandatory counterterrorism training.
• CAIR and the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Race and Gender released a report that documents growing Islamophobia in the United States and offers recommendations about how to challenge the troubling phenomenon.

Source: CAIR facebook page

FBI agent training

Listed below is the training that all FBI agents go through according to the FBI website:

"All special agents begin their career at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia for 20 weeks of intensive training at one of the world’s finest law enforcement training facilities. During their time there, trainees live on campus and participate in a variety of training activities. Classroom hours are spent studying a wide variety of academic and investigative subjects, including the fundamentals of law, behavioral science, report writing, forensic science, and basic and advanced investigative, interviewing, and intelligence techniques. Students also learn the intricacies of counterterrorism, counterintelligence, weapons of mass destruction, cyber, and criminal investigations to prepare them for their chosen career paths. The curriculum also includes intensive training in physical fitness, defensive tactics, practical application exercises, and the use of firearms. For more information, see our New Agent Training webpage. Over the course of their career, agents are also updated on the latest developments in the intelligence and law enforcement communities through additional training opportunities."

However, according to Spencer Ackerman, some the curriculum taught to FBI agents in training is anti-Islamic. Apparently the FBI recommended anti-Islam reading to their trainees, as well as showed powerpoint presentations putting Muslims in negative light. One example of graphs shown during these instructional courses is the following:

The course was taught by a man by the name of William Gawthrop, a known opposer of Islam. In the past Gawthrop has claimed that the mindset of the Prophet Muhammad is a source of terrorism. He was also an important figure in the birther movement. He has claimed that all Muslims are potential terrorists and the more devout a Muslim is, the more dangerous they are.

The FBI claims that is has stopped any anti-Islam training.