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Line 1: + + + + − After three years of [[President Obama]] being in office three years, his administration stopped using the Muslim database created by the [[Bush administration]]. [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/12/obama-just-made-it-harder-for-trump-to-create-a-muslim-registry/511505/]+ − + − ==Facebook's Muslim registry==
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A '''muslim registry''' is a government-maintained database of all people who believe in [[Islam]] that reside or are visiting the United States. It has been repeatedly discussed following the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] that were carried out by [[Islamic terrorist]]s. People who oppose such a registry claim that it violates the [[First Amendment]] right to freedom of religion.
==Bush administration==
Shortly after 9-11 the Bush administration created the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS). NSEERS required all males 16 years of age or older from 25 countries to register. Although no religious groups were explicitly targeted, except for [[North Korea]], the other 24 countries had Muslim-majorities. The countries included: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.<ref name=cnn>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/politics/nseers-muslim-database-qa-trnd/|title=The Bush-era Muslim registry failed. Yet the US could be trying it again|work=cnn|date=December 22, 2016|accessdate=December 25, 2016}}</ref> The NSEERS program registered and monitored more than 80,000 men and boys, according to a 2012 report by Penn State Law and Rights Working Group, a coalition of local, state and national rights organizations. The report stated that more than 13,000 of those registrants were placed in deportation proceedings.<ref name=cnn/>
==Obama administration==
==Obama administration==
In 2011, the Obama administration suspended NSEERS by taking all 25 countries off its list. In December 2016, it finally ended it.<ref name=cnn/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/12/obama-just-made-it-harder-for-trump-to-create-a-muslim-registry/511505/|title=Obama Just Made It Harder for Trump to Create a Muslim Registry|work=The Atlantic|accessdate=December 25, 2016}}</ref>
==Non-governmental data sources==
Advocates of a muslim registry claim that the data is already compiled by [[Facebook]] with respect to muslim facebook users.
According to Ars Technica:
According to Ars Technica: