CVE policing exploited sectarian divides among Muslims to recruit informants

Evidence

CVE policing in a setting like Dearborn, with its sectarian diversity, would have capitalized on already profuse tensions among Shiites and Sunnis to advance its strategy. For example, Lebanese or Iraqi Shiites would have been sought as informants against Yemeni or Palestinian Sunnis, since radicalization is generally understood and enforced as a Sunni phenomenon. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 405

Categorization

• XREF: Concrete instance of Rana’s apparatus and the sectarian divide-and-conquer strategy. — connects to: Obama’s mosque visit aimed to enlist Muslims as CVE policing informants. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 322; CVE engagement localized the Muslim-terrorism presumption on police and communities — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 328; US counterterror policing imports Middle Eastern sectarian divides into domestic Muslim communities — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 395 (+6 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 405

Broader Connections

• CVE funding converted a cultural group into a policing subcontractor #corroborates (0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 402
• DHS actively recruited Muslim community groups into CVE with multimillion-dollar grants #corroborates (0.70) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 403
• Surveillance is reproduced horizontally as Muslims police one another too #expands (0.65)