of Columbia office . He was speaking Friday at a news conference in Washington that introduced the 32-page paper . `` One incident of violent extremism is one too many , '' said Alejandro J. Beutel , the author of the report and the group 's government liaison . `` Our community needs to develop more sophistication in dealing with this challenge . '' Beutel , who also spoke at the news conference , said there needs to be a greater emphasis on community policing , an idea that calls for closer ties between neighborhood residents and cops on the beat . Developing closer relations with local Muslims would help police tap `` unique cultural and linguistic '' skills that can spot and head off trouble . The study said police must surmount community distrust , which it says is common and calls `` an automatic barrier to police community outreach . '' `` Unfortunately , in the current political climate , the actions of certain law enforcement agencies -- whether spying on peaceful activist groups and houses of worship without reasonable suspicion , or religious profiling -- have added to difficulties , '' the report said . Such a
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A leading Muslim-American civil rights group is advocating intense grassroots engagement among police and U.S. Muslim neighborhood leaders to thwart the emergence of homegrown Islamic terrorists . A report , issued Friday by the Muslim Public Affairs Council , reflects the shock among American Muslims over the Fort Hood massacre , the arrests of five American Muslims in Pakistan suspected of plotting terrorist attacks , and the arrests of eight Somali-American men on charges related to what prosecutors said were efforts to recruit youths to fight for a Somali guerrilla movement . Titled `` Building Bridges to Strengthen America : Forging an Effective Counterterrorism Enterprise between Muslim Americans and Law Enforcement , '' the paper stresses a division of labor and a collaboration between police and community groups . Police should fight crime , including terrorism , and neighborhood leaders should deal with the causes of radicalization , it says . At the same time , both need to work hand in glove , the paper said . `` We will capture the narrative from those who seek to misguide the young people , '' said Haris Tarin , the head of the council 's District