Ideological association with legal groups replaced direct evidence of terrorism

Evidence

If Almrei’s knowledge of where to get a false passport indicates he is linked to an international forgery ring, it still needs to be established that this specific ring is connected to Al Qaeda. Where the profile is both the method of establishing the link and the proof itself that a link exists, that connection need not be a direct link but instead an ideological one. In Almrei’s case, his father’s connections to the Muslim Brotherhood and that organization’s ideological connections to Al Qaeda suffice. When questioned about the Service’s knowledge of the Muslim Brotherhood, J.P. acknowledges that the Brotherhood may not itself practise violence, but he offers the following assessment of its links to Al Qaeda: ‘It [the Brotherhood] supports the notion of the use of violence for obtaining its objectives, yes. Because it doesn’t practice it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have its ideological repertoire. To my knowledge, it has never denounced the use of violence for their objectives or for the pursuit of an Islamic extremist agenda.’ — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 110

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to liberal legality scholarship on how guilt transfers through association rather than action - similar to ‘material support’ doctrines in US law.
• SEED: An essay angle: how the logic of ‘ideological repertoire’ converts lawful association into presumptive danger, a step-by-step collapse of the act-intent distinction.