Muslim community leaders can be simultaneously partnered with and spied upon by police

Evidence

Following 9/11, law scholar Leti Volpp observed how terror attacks involving a Muslim culprit spur the immediate “redeployment of Orientalist tropes.” These tropes are embedded within popular representations of Muslims, such as news coverage or depictions in film. But more saliently, they are embedded within the institutional memory of government agencies, including the judiciary, the legislature, and the executive branch—most notably, in the Department of Homeland Security and anti-terror law enforcement during the protracted war on terror. These foundational stereotypes, which portray Islam as irreconcilable with American values and society and Muslim identity as foreign, subversive, and harboring an inherent propensity for terrorism, move state agencies to enact policies that profile and closely police Muslim citizens and immigrants. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 126 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Community leaders unknowingly become intelligence sources for the security state — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 624; Even model pro-state Muslim collaborators remain permanent police suspects — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 629; Even exemplary good Muslims are simultaneously surveilled as suspects (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Community leaders police Muslim behavior to protect reputational standing #expands (1.00)
• FBI surveillance drives Muslim congregations to self-police and Americanize #expands (1.00)
• CVE policing rewards compliant Muslims and suspects critical ones #expands (1.00) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 396
• State surveillance makes Muslim leaders perform Americanization while policing their own discourse #expands (1.00) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 53
• Orientalist stereotypes institutionalized in government agencies drive Muslim policing #expands (1.00) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 126