A Muslim name alone can trigger state surveillance regardless of citizenship

Evidence

It was his name that triggered suspicion of him, resulting in his placement on a government watchlist. Regardless of his status as a citizen and lack of criminal record, Hamza was treated like a potential terrorist because of his religious identity and gender. Men like Hamza do not warrant state surveillance, yet they have become targets of it. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 177

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the reader’s guiding question on how surveillance lands differently on men vs. women — here Selod names gender as a factor in who gets flagged. — connects to: Even model pro-state Muslim collaborators remain permanent police suspects — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 629