Book contents
- Islamophobia and the Law
- Islamophobia and the Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Note on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Race and Citizenship
- Part II The Politics of Islamophobia in the Courts
- Part III Islamophobia in Criminal Law and National Security Law
- 8 A Muslim Registry: A Look at Past Practices and What May Come Next
- 9 National Security’s Broken Windows
- 10 Muslim Radicalization in Prison: Responding with Sound Penal Policy or the Sound of Alarm?
- Part IV Law, Society, and Islamophobia
- Index
9 - National Security’s Broken Windows
from Part III - Islamophobia in Criminal Law and National Security Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 September 2020
- Islamophobia and the Law
- Islamophobia and the Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Note on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Race and Citizenship
- Part II The Politics of Islamophobia in the Courts
- Part III Islamophobia in Criminal Law and National Security Law
- 8 A Muslim Registry: A Look at Past Practices and What May Come Next
- 9 National Security’s Broken Windows
- 10 Muslim Radicalization in Prison: Responding with Sound Penal Policy or the Sound of Alarm?
- Part IV Law, Society, and Islamophobia
- Index
Summary
In California’s Bay Area, from 2004 to 2008 and likely after that, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) undertook a mosque outreach project1 under the auspices of community outreach and engagement. FBI agents met with representatives of area mosques on multiple occasions2 and openly attended religious sermons. In speaking with congregants, the FBI courted complaints about hate crimes3 and listened to expressions of anxiety about a federal investigation of imams in nearby Lodi.4 On one occasion, when a congregant at a particular mosque “expressed an interest in continuing a dialogue with the FBI and agreed to schedule a[n] outreach meeting with the entire Mosque,” the FBI “offered to come and speak to the [whole] congregation.”5 FBI records indicate that “all topics from [the] USA Patriot Act to local street gangs were open for discussion.”6
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- Islamophobia and the Law , pp. 170 - 192Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020