Officers trained in genocidal anti-Muslim doctrine advanced into senior military posts.

Evidence

Undercover agents were predisposed to presume guilt, in part because of the Islamophobic training in police departments. NYPD officers, for example, received training by government-paid instructors who promoted the clash of civilizations narrative. Trainers warned officers that “Islam is a highly violent radical religion that mandates that all of the earth must be Muslim.” — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 924 (#expands, via linked claim)

One of the especially troubling aspects of institutionalized Islamophobia has been in the area of police training, especially given the vast amounts of funding diverted to the new security regime immediately following on the 9/11 attacks. Vast new powers of surveillance, spying, jailing, and interrogation (including the “enhanced techniques” often considered to be torture) were being regularly employed by American officials, largely against Muslims. It was perhaps inevitable that this regime should prove vulnerable to manipulation by anti-Muslim ideologues eager to be paid as “experts” on terrorism. Investigative reporting by Wired.com has revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sponsored training for its counterterrorism agents presenting mainstream Islam as violent and radical, and depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a “cult leader.” — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 31 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: US military schools taught future leaders a genocidal total-war doctrine against Muslims — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 749; Institutionalized anti-Muslim ideology corrupts official counterterrorism training — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 31; Police training promoted a clash-of-civilizations doctrine labeling Islam intrinsically violent — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 924

Broader Connections

• Institutionalized anti-Muslim ideology corrupts official counterterrorism training #expands (0.85) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 31
• Police training promoted a clash-of-civilizations doctrine labeling Islam intrinsically violent #expands (0.85) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 924