Obama’s mosque visit aimed to enlist Muslims as CVE policing informants.

Evidence

The expansion of CVE policing in the aftermath of the San Bernardino, Paris, and Orlando attacks strongly suggests another motive: interest in enlisting Muslim Americans as strategic supporters of expanding counter-radicalization programming and CVE policing. And so the latent political Islamophobia of Obama’s decision to steer clear of mosques was fused with the anti-Muslim underpinnings of his cornerstone anti-terror policy, CVE policing, which Hillary Clinton would likely have expanded if she had been elected president. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 322

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 322
• XREF: connects to: Obama avoided mosques until political expediency for CVE policing demanded otherwise. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 321; Obama’s mosque speech contradicted its own stated aims through CVE promotion. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 325; Obama’s counter-radicalization strategy turned Muslim communities into informants — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 582 (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• Obama’s counter-radicalization strategy turned Muslim communities into informants #corroborates (0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 582
• Obama formally implemented CVE policing as his signature Islamophobic policy in 2011 #corroborates (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 376
• The Baltimore mosque speech mobilized Muslim support for CVE policing. #expands (0.70) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 323
• Muslim surveillance thrived under the Obama administration #corroborates (0.70)
• Obama’s rhetoric masked drone strikes and mosque surveillance. #expands (0.60)
• Both Bush and Obama demanded Muslims police their own communities #expands (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 339
• CVE policing exploited sectarian divides among Muslims to recruit informants #expands (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 405
• Obama’s engagement with Islam combined strategic accommodation and intentional distance. #qualifies (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 319
• CVE engagement localized the Muslim-terrorism presumption on police and communities #expands (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 328
• DHS actively recruited Muslim community groups into CVE with multimillion-dollar grants #expands (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 403
• Surveillance is reproduced horizontally as Muslims police one another too #expands (0.40)
• Citizenship offers Muslims little protection against CVE policing #qualifies (0.40) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 412