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A '''Muslim registry''' in the USA would be a government-maintained database where people whose country of origin [[Islam]] is the dominant [[political]] and legal system, or people who identify as adherents to Islam and reside in or are visiting the United States. The objective would be toward preventing Muslim terrorism in America.
A '''Muslim registry''' would be a government-maintained database where people whose country of origin [[Islam]] is the dominant [[political]] and legal system, or people who identify as adherents to Islam and reside in or are visiting the country maintaining the database. The objective would be toward preventing Muslim terrorism in the host country.
==Bush administration==
==Bush administration==
The closest thing to a "Muslim registry" was a database of immigrant males from so-called "Islamic Republics" created by the Bush administration<ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/22/obama-ditches-registry-focused-on-immigrant-men-from-muslim-countries.html Obama ditches registry focused on immigrant men from Muslim countries]</ref>, shortly after after the [[9-11]] attacks.
The closest thing to a "Muslim registry" in the United States was a database of immigrant males from so-called "Islamic Republics" created by the Bush administration<ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/22/obama-ditches-registry-focused-on-immigrant-men-from-muslim-countries.html Obama ditches registry focused on immigrant men from Muslim countries]</ref>, shortly after after the [[9-11]] attacks.
The Bush administration created the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), requiring all males 16 years of age or older visiting from 25 countries to register. Although no religious groups were explicitly targeted, 24 countries had Muslim-majorities; the 25th, [[North Korea]], did not. 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 (2 or 3 percent of the US Muslim population). The report stated that more than 13,000 of those registrants were placed in deportation proceedings (around 16 percent).<ref name=cnn/>
The Bush administration created the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), requiring all males 16 years of age or older visiting from 25 countries to register. Although no religious groups were explicitly targeted, 24 countries had Muslim-majorities; the 25th, [[North Korea]], did not. 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 (2 or 3 percent of the US Muslim population). The report stated that more than 13,000 of those registrants were placed in deportation proceedings (around 16 percent).<ref name=cnn/>
==Obama administration==
==Obama administration==
:Facebook has the data already; the company can provide a list of self-attested Muslims in the US simply by writing a query or two. [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/12/facebook-should-delete-the-muslim-registry-it-already-has/]
:Facebook has the data already; the company can provide a list of self-attested Muslims in the US simply by writing a query or two. [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/12/facebook-should-delete-the-muslim-registry-it-already-has/]
==Naturalization and citizenship==
==Discussion and controversy==
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.
United States citizens who are Muslims were not covered by NSEERS. Neither were the people who carried out domestic terrorism in the United States since September 11, 2001, including the Boston Marathon bombings, the San Bernadino attack, or the Orlando Florida attack.
===Naturalization and citizenship===
Under current law an applicant who wishes to become a US citizen must be "attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same."<ref>8 U.S.C. § 1427(a).</ref> The [[Federal Register]] states "Attachment implies a depth of conviction which would lead to active support of the Constitution. Attachment and favorable disposition relate to mental attitude, and contemplate the exclusion from citizenship of applicants who are hostile to the basic form of government of the United States, or who disbelieve in the principles of the Constitution."<ref>8 C.F.R. § 316.11(a) (2009).</ref> The First Pilar of Islam which states, "There is One God but Allah and Mohammad is his Prophet", under [[Salafi]] and [[Wahhabi]] teaching, implies Allah is the [[sovereign]] lawmaker, and the United States Constitution and United Nations Charter are invalid man-made laws attempting to void Allah's sovereignty.
Under current law an applicant who wishes to become a US citizen must be "attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same."<ref>8 U.S.C. § 1427(a).</ref> The [[Federal Register]] states "Attachment implies a depth of conviction which would lead to active support of the Constitution. Attachment and favorable disposition relate to mental attitude, and contemplate the exclusion from citizenship of applicants who are hostile to the basic form of government of the United States, or who disbelieve in the principles of the Constitution."<ref>8 C.F.R. § 316.11(a) (2009).</ref> The First Pilar of Islam which states, "There is One God but Allah and Mohammad is his Prophet", under [[Salafi]] and [[Wahhabi]] teaching, implies Allah is the [[sovereign]] lawmaker, and the United States Constitution and United Nations Charter are invalid man-made laws attempting to void Allah's sovereignty.
==Donald Trump comments ==
Therefore, anyone who has completed the naturalization process has been found to have a mental attitude that would not require him to be tracked in a registry, apart from the Constitutional problems of including such citizens in such a registry.
===Donald Trump comments ===
Politifact reported:
Politifact reported:
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Reporters have tried to get Trump or his supporters to go on record as clearly for or against such a registry. Usually the response is to widen the scope of the discussion to ways to prevent foreign terrorists of any stripe from entering the U.S. - rather than creating (as one reporter originally suggested) a registry specifically targeting Muslims.
Reporters have tried to get Trump or his supporters to go on record as clearly for or against such a registry. Usually the response is to widen the scope of the discussion to ways to prevent foreign terrorists of any stripe from entering the U.S. - rather than creating (as one reporter originally suggested) a registry specifically targeting Muslims.