The CVE program uniquely recruits Muslims as security-state agents.

Evidence

Obama continued counter-radicalization policies targeting Muslims under the rubric “countering violent extremism” (CVE). To “break the radicalization cycle,” the Obama administration promoted Religious and Secular Racial Muslims while simultaneously criminalizing Religious Dissident Muslims. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 947 (#expands, via linked claim)

The DHS website outlines the scope of the program, which includes understanding violent extremism, supporting communities that might be vulnerable to extremist ideologies, helping these communities to resist recruitment, and assisting local law enforcement in their efforts to prevent another terrorist attack in the United States. This program encourages Muslim Americans to surveil members of their own communities who may appear suspicious and report them to the government. Obama encouraged Muslim Americans to participate in self-policing after two young Muslim men were arrested in California for conspiring to help the Islamic State (Reid 2015). … The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) in Massachusetts recently agreed to collaborate with the CVE by encouraging health and social service workers to profile their clients for “radicalization” and “extremism.” … According to Germain, who is now a fellow for the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, right-wing antigovernment groups commit the majority of politically motivated violent acts in the United States, not Muslims: “Focusing almost exclusively on Muslims, he added, ‘reinforces the false perception that extremist violence is primarily a Muslim problem when the facts show that is not true’” (Bender 2015). — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 62 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: CVE policing rewards compliant Muslims and suspects critical ones — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 396; DHS actively recruited Muslim community groups into CVE with multimillion-dollar grants — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 403; CVE policing exploited sectarian divides among Muslims to recruit informants — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 405 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• The government actively recruits Muslim Americans to police their own communities for extremism. #expands (0.90)
• CVE policing rewards compliant Muslims and suspects critical ones #expands (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 396
• Obama’s CVE program rewarded some Muslims while criminalizing dissident ones #expands (0.85) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 947
• Obama-era CVE formally asked Muslim communities to police their own members for extremism. #expands (0.85) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 78
• The federal state actively recruits Muslims and social workers to self-police for extremism #expands (0.85) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 62
• Divide-and-conquer foreign policy tactics moved into domestic Muslim communities via CVE #expands (0.82) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 409
• DHS actively recruited Muslim community groups into CVE with multimillion-dollar grants #expands (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 403
• CVE engagement localized the Muslim-terrorism presumption on police and communities #expands (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 328
• Obama’s mosque visit aimed to enlist Muslims as CVE policing informants. #exemplifies (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 322
• CVE policing exploited sectarian divides among Muslims to recruit informants #expands (0.78) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 405
• CVE shifted counterterrorism focus from foreign groups to homegrown Muslims. #expands (0.78) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 363
• Civil rights groups argue CVE perpetuates Muslim stereotypes rather than preventing extremism #complicates (0.75) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 62
• State surveillance policies push Muslims to strengthen a targeted identity #complicates (0.72) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 137