The surveillance of mosques is another example of how state-led surveillance unfairly targets Muslims. In 2002, the New York Police Department engaged in a massive surveillance program of Muslims in the area. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), "NYPD's Intelligence Division has singled out Muslim religious and community leaders, mosques, student associations, organizations, businesses, and individuals for pervasive surveillance that is discriminatory and not conducted against institutions or individuals belonging to any other religious faith, or the public at large" (American Civil Liberties Union n.d.[a]). NYPD surveillance included mosques within a one-hundred-mile radius of New York, extending into neighboring states like Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

XREF: This connects to broader literature on post-9/11 Countering Violent Extremism and surveillance of minority communities. QUESTION: Worth investigating the legal remedies pursued and whether similar programs persist today.

Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, loc. 57