Muslims are presumed predisposed to terrorism, making entrapment defenses fail.

Evidence

Entrapment involves the government inducing individuals to commit a crime they would not otherwise commit. But entrapment defenses are difficult to pull off in court. The government only has to prove that the accused were predisposed to carry out the acts, even if the defendants demonstrate that the government induced them to do so. Predisposition operates on the assumption that Muslims are prone to terrorism. Juries readily embrace the notion of predisposition, and, as a result, the entrapment defense usually does not work. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 570

Categorization

• XREF: The assumption of Muslim predisposition echoes the definitional thread established in Runnymede’s ‘unfounded hostility’ framing from chapter 1, and the Newburgh case parallels FBI informant practices discussed in other Islamophobia scholarship (e.g., Trevor Aaronson’s ‘The Terror Factory’). — connects to: Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 282; Suspicion of Muslims is based on association rather than evidence; Muslims are presumed terrorists until interrogation proves otherwise (+13 more)

Broader Connections

• Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise #corroborates (0.90) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 282
• Muslims are presumed terrorists until interrogation proves otherwise #corroborates (0.90)
• Preemptive FBI strategy assumed Muslims were guilty and induced latent terrorist tendencies. #corroborates (0.85) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 568
• Routine Muslim religious practice is legally treated as evidence of terrorist predisposition #corroborates (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 463
• The War on Terror racially constructed Muslims as terrorists. #corroborates (0.75)
• Suspicion of Muslims is based on association rather than evidence #corroborates (0.70)
• Clash of civilizations framing located terrorism’s cause within Islam itself #corroborates (0.60) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 266
• Counterterrorism rhetoric masks an offensive campaign against Muslims. #expands (0.60)
• Media frames Muslim terrorists as religion-driven simpletons while psychologizing non-Muslim perpetrators #corroborates (0.55) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 506
• Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act enforcement targeted Muslims despite neutral wording. #corroborates (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 259