Washington’s counterterror philosophy presumes Muslims are predisposed to extremism

Evidence

Their assignment was clear: to “counter” and “prevent the spread of radicalization” among the local refugee population. Washington had elevated to its signature counterterror philosophy the theory that Muslims were predisposed to extremist behavior, and that terror networks could activate that potential through propaganda. Or even worse, that belief in Islam could prompt young boys like Mohamed to enlist in a terror network like Al-Shabaab, and years later, shoot up the very stores that mothers like Kalsoum frequent. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 137

Categorization

• XREF: Direct evidence for the reader’s guiding question on shared logic linking national cases — the US exported its presumptive ‘predisposition’ theory of Muslim radicalization to African refugee programming.