The FBI surveilled the Moorish Science Temple as black Islamic resistance grew

Evidence

RACON’s final report, the Survey of Racial Conditions in the United States (1943), reveals the way in which the FBI attempted to discipline religious conduct in the United States. The report creates a profile of pro-Japanese African American organizations that warned of Islam’s links to pro-Japanese sentiment. It then attempted to catalog all of the various Muslim groups popular among black Americans as a way of measuring the security risk to the US nation-state. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 393 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The FBI surveilled the Moorish Science Temple for anti-imperialist and anti-racist activism — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 243; The FBI surveilled black Muslim religious life as a national security risk — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 393; The FBI surveilled and prosecuted black Muslims for challenging white supremacy (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• The FBI surveilled black Muslim religious life as a national security risk #expands (0.93) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 393