Dunno if I am ready for mounting video cameras on mosques, but I see nothing wrong with undercover agents going to a mosque, mixing with people, talking to people, finding out what is going down. They are places of public worship after all. Terror plots are discovered and defeated mostly when someone gives the cops a tip. To get tips you have to have connections, you gotta know people, they gotta know who to call or talk to.
BTW, you don't want to close mosques, no matter how rabid they get. As long as the mosque is open, it's easier to keep an eye on suspicious individuals. Close the place and they just go underground, which makes it harder to keep track of 'em.
You deal with rabid imams with informal pressure. You find some community leaders, other clerics, parishioners, local businessmen. If your police force is on the ball they will know who these people are. You explain to this group that the imam is going over the line, that he is stirring up trouble, and you give them some good quotes from the Koran that counter the imam's rants. Put your community leaders group together with the problem imam and have them apply some pressure.
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