What a Trump Crackdown on Muslims Might Look Like

Donald Trump plans to appoint opponents of Islam, a religion practiced by roughly 1.6 billion people, to top positions in his administration. Both Stephen Bannon, whom Trump said he will make his chief White House strategist, and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, whom Trump said he will appoint as national security adviser, appear invested in a "clash of civilizations" narrative that demonizes Islam.

The implications go beyond foreign policy. According to an interview that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach gave last week to Reuters, he's now advising the presidential transition team in Trump Tower. Specifically, Kobach told Reuters that he's promoting something like a Bush-era policy adopted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, which registered Muslim visitors to the U.S.