Divide-and-conquer foreign policy tactics moved into domestic Muslim communities via CVE

Evidence

Divide and conquer is a stated objective of American foreign policy in the Arab world, and with CVE policing, it is an evolving counterterror strategy. This is evidenced by the exploitation of the tense and divided sectarian landscape in the metropolitan Detroit area, the leveraging of ethnocentric and class-based paternalism that drives groups like MPAC to advance CVE policing in places like Los Angeles, and the economic vulnerability of recent immigrant communities like the Somali population in Minneapolis, where, as Asha Noor shares, “CVE and surveillance of the Somali community has created a rift and a sense of mistrust. Individuals who were once friends are no longer on talking terms because of the choices they made: to accept grants that meant framing your community as inherently violent or to not.” — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 409

Categorization

• XREF: Direct evidence for the structural-private dialectic feeding back: DHS programs convert state pressure into inter-community mistrust. — connects to: Viet-Minh counterinsurgency experience transferred directly from Indo-China to Algeria — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 328; Islamophobic power can deploy oppositional tactics to advance Muslim marginalization; Obama avoided mosques until political expediency for CVE policing demanded otherwise. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 321 (+20 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 409

Broader Connections

• DHS imported Middle East sectarian divide-and-conquer strategy into US Muslim communities #corroborates (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 410
• CVE policing exploited sectarian divides among Muslims to recruit informants #expands (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 405
• DHS actively recruited Muslim community groups into CVE with multimillion-dollar grants #exemplifies (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 403
• Benign-sounding CVE language hides school-based surveillance and deputization of children #expands (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 403
• Citizenship offers Muslims little protection against CVE policing #expands (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 412