tell cnn they re investigating saturday s fire as a hate crime. in the southern united states the council on american-islamic relations of florida said at least two mosques there have been the targets of terror threats. staying in the southern u.s., the alabama governor, robert bentley, said sunday that he would refuse any syrian refugees hoping to settle in his state, saying he would not stand for a policy that places the citizens of alabama in harm s way. now, it has to be noted, no syrian refugee has relocated to alabama to date. though some neighboring states have accepted a few. back to france now. this is a country with a huge muslim population. the biggest in europe, in fact. 4 million. many of them are now concerned that their community could face discrimination or backlash after the attacks in paris.
might be radicalized. of course, also some people were demanding very strong reaction, especially after the fact that isis claimed responsibility for these ating thes and the french government itself also said it believes isis is behind the attacks. and we re getting information that three of the attackers seem to have been inside syria and possibly had contact with isis there as well. michael? yes. of course, many people wondering what the implications might be of france declaring this an act. earlier we spoke with cnn military analyst about the french air strikes. this was a handover of a target set more than likely from the what s called the ato, the air tasking order. when france came in and said they wanted to conduct the attacks these target packages were already in folders as they re called.
identity and the location of every attacker. so still very early on, officials caution. the big worry now is copycat attacks in the u.s. and that is why they re going back, looking at all their cases. they have 900-something terrorism cases in the u.s. looking at the highest priority concerns, increasing monitoring of them. surveillance, wiretapping, to ensure we don t see something similar in the united states. pamela brown, cnn, washington. and a french lawmaker tells cnn that the first suicide bomber at the soccer stadium entered the country by hiding in plain sight. we will explain that next. plus, some of the backlash from the paris attacks could fall squarely on the innocent muslim community. we ll talk to one young activist here in the city. stay with us. the future belongs to the fast.