Gorka taught FBI counterterrorism agents that all Muslims adhere to Sharia law
Evidence
According to several law enforcement officials who attended an August 2016 lecture by Sebastian Gorka on Islam and Muslims, FBI agents who were present were disturbed to hear a racist diatribe from Gorka against Muslims during what was supposed to be a counterterrorism presentation. Gorka apparently told attendees at the Joint Terrorism Operations Course—an introductory-level class for participants in the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF)—that “all Muslims adhere to Sharia law” and that, furthermore, law enforcement officials should be aware that there is “no such thing as ‘mainstream Muslims.’” — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 293
Categorization
- XREF: Instantiates the machine-cluster theme of institutional Islamophobia inside US law enforcement. — connects to: The FBI treated black Islam as a political sign regardless of actual loyalty; White evangelicals and FOX News viewers widely believe Muslims seek to impose Sharia — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 609
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 293
Related
- The FBI treated black Islam as a political sign regardless of actual loyalty (similarity 0.82)
- Institutionalized anti-Muslim ideology corrupts official counterterrorism training (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- White evangelicals and FOX News viewers widely believe Muslims seek to impose Sharia
#corroborates(0.50) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 609