American mosques deter extremism rather than breed it

Evidence

Many haters of Islam and Muslims often make the ridiculous argument that mosques are somehow inherently “breeding grounds” for extremism in the West. I urge anyone considering this silly argument to consult the massive two-year joint study by Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and the University of North Carolina which found that American mosques are, actually, a deterrent to the spread of extremism. Echoing these findings, a related New York Times article found that many mosque leaders in America had actually put significant effort into countering extremism by building youth programs, sponsoring public forums, and scrutinizing educational materials taught within their mosques. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 582

Categorization

• XREF: Direct counter-evidence to a standard anti-Islam trope the reader has likely encountered across other sources in the machine cluster. — connects to: Islamist groups arise from local conditions, not from anti-American plots — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 376; Most American Muslims condemn extremism and are satisfied with life in America; American society explains rare Muslim terror through religion itself (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 582

Related

• Mosque opponents argued Islam is not a First Amendment-protected religion. (similarity 0.81)
• Islamist groups arise from local conditions, not from anti-American plots (similarity 0.80)
• Muslims are positioned as an external threat against America’s internal enemies. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Most American Muslims condemn extremism and are satisfied with life in America #corroborates (0.80)
• American society explains rare Muslim terror through religion itself #contradicts (0.60)
• Islamist groups arise from local conditions, not from anti-American plots #corroborates (0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 376