Republican White House candidate Donald Trump has said the US should consider more racial profiling in law enforcement, after last week's mass shooting in Florida.
"I think profiling is something that we're going to have to start thinking about as a country," Mr Trump said when asked on CBS whether he supported more profiling of Muslims in America.
"You look at Israel and you look at others, and they do it and they do it successfully. And you know, I hate the concept of profiling, but we have to start using common sense," he added.
Following the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Mr Trump has been criticised by leaders of his own party after repeating his calls for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the US.
He has also called for a suspension of immigration from countries with "a proven history of terrorism".
On Sunday he reiterated his support for more scrutiny of mosques, citing a controversial New York City surveillance programme that has been shut down.
"If you go to France right now, they're doing it in France," Mr Trump told CBS' Face the Nation programme.
"In fact, in some instances they're closing down mosques."
Police in France shut some mosques after Islamic State-aligned gunmen killed 130 people in Paris on 13 November.
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic White House candidate, has said Mr Trump's comments show he is unfit to be president.
America's most powerful elected Republican, House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, has said a Muslim ban is not in US interests.
In excerpts of an NBC interview released on Friday, Mr Ryan - who has endorsed Mr Trump - said Republicans must follow their "conscience" in deciding whether to vote for the tycoon.
Mr Trump said on Saturday that an "insurgent group" of key Republicans is plotting a last-ditch bid to stop him from becoming the party's presidential nominee.
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