美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Reportedly Plans To Refocus Violent Extremism Initiative On Muslims

 

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Before he became president, Donald Trump¹ repeatedly criticized President Obama for his reluctance² to use the phrase radical³ Islamic extremism. One of Obama's key anti-terror programs was called Countering Violent Extremism - no reference to Islam. Now the Trump administration is hoping to refocus that program exclusively on Muslim extremists. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

TOM GJELTEN, BYLINE⁴: The Obama administration program made no reference to Islam because it didn't want to suggest that terrorism, even by Muslim extremists, had its roots in religion. Salam al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council or MPAC, took some credit for that today when talking about the terminology⁵ via Facebook Live.

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GJELTEN: MPAC has been involved from the Bush administration years to say we cannot single out religion when we're talking about terrorism. We cannot use religious labels when talking about terrorism.

GJELTEN: The question now is whether the Trump administration will watch its words diligently⁶. White House spokesman Sean Spicer was asked last week about reports that the Countering Violent Extremism program will now be called Countering Islamic Extremism. He did not refute the reports.

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SEAN SPICER: I don't think it should be any surprise that the president, when it comes to rooting out radical Islamic terrorism, which is what that initially⁷ was supposed to be focused on - he is going to make sure that he's - that that is a major focus of keeping this country safe.

GJELTEN: The debate over whether to associate terrorism with Islam strikes author Graeme Wood as somewhat odd. In his book "The Way Of The Strangers," Wood argues that ISIS is in fact a movement rooted in Islam and that it should be so recognized. On the other hand, he thinks the Trump administration's insistence⁸ on using the term radical Islamic extremism makes little sense.

GRAEME WOOD: What we see now is a complete reversal from a kind of strange and pointless refusal to describe ISIS in religious terms at all now giving way to an equally strange and pointless belief that by calling the problem radical Islamic extremism that will have any effect on the problem itself.

GJELTEN: Except, perhaps, Wood says, to make the problem harder to deal with.

WOOD: I think a lot of Muslims who were at least willing to work with the United States will see this as yet another example of the Trump administration intentionally⁹ alienating¹⁰ them, that is, looking for ways to single out Muslims as uniquely threatening.

GJELTEN: One example - when the Trump administration this week distributed a list of terror incidents, it included only those in which Muslims were involved with no mention of a white-supremacist attacks. The Obama administration's Countering Violent Extremism program distributed money to mosques¹¹ and other organizations that worked with Muslims. One goal was to support efforts with troubled youth who might potentially have been attracted by extremism. Salam al-Marayati of the Muslim Public Affairs Council says that kind of collaboration¹² with the federal government may now be in danger.

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SALAM AL-MARAYATI: Some civil rights groups have said we should not take the money, and we're listening to them. But I assure you other people - and it's about 50/50 - are saying, no, these are our tax dollars, and you should use it to help the community.

GJELTEN: Al-Marayati's own group has taken that federal government money, and he says they are now considering whether they should continue to do so if the Trump administration singles out Muslims and Islam in the way it's reportedly considering. Tom Gjelten, NPR News, Washington.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 reluctance   

n.厌恶，讨厌，勉强，不情愿

参考例句：

• The police released Andrew with reluctance.警方勉强把安德鲁放走了。
• He showed the greatest reluctance to make a reply.他表示很不愿意答复。

3 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 terminology   

n.术语；专有名词

参考例句：

• He particularly criticized the terminology in the document.他特别批评了文件中使用的术语。
• The article uses rather specialized musical terminology.这篇文章用了相当专业的音乐术语。

6 diligently   

ad.industriously;carefully

参考例句：

• He applied himself diligently to learning French. 他孜孜不倦地学法语。
• He had studied diligently at college. 他在大学里勤奋学习。

7 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

8 insistence   

n.坚持；强调；坚决主张

参考例句：

• They were united in their insistence that she should go to college.他们一致坚持她应上大学。
• His insistence upon strict obedience is correct.他坚持绝对服从是对的。

9 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

10 alienating   

v.使疏远( alienate的现在分词 )；使不友好；转让；让渡（财产等）

参考例句：

• The phenomena of alienation are widespread. Sports are also alienating. 异化现象普遍存在，体育运动也不例外。 来自互联网
• How can you appeal to them without alienating the mainstream crowd? 你是怎么在不疏忽主流玩家的情况下吸引住他们呢？ 来自互联网

11 mosques   

清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
• The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

12 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。