Entrapment involves the government inducing individuals to commit a crime they would not otherwise commit. But entrapment defenses are difficult to pull off in court. The government only has to prove that the accused were predisposed to carry out the acts, even if the defendants demonstrate that the government induced them to do so. Predisposition operates on the assumption that Muslims are prone to terrorism. Juries readily embrace the notion of predisposition, and, as a result, the entrapment defense usually does not work.

XREF: Connects to broader discussions of counterterrorism tactics and racial/religious profiling in the criminal justice system.

Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Intro…, loc. 570