Anti-Muslim harassment targets phenotypic and visual cues, racializing the faith

Evidence

It should be noted that Sikhs have continued to be mislabeled as Muslims since 9/11 and have therefore been consistent targets of Islamophobia. Individuals with darker skin tones may experience anti-Muslim harassment after a terrorist attack or during a politically charged election cycle. In the Politics of Islamophobia: Race, Power and Fantasy, David Tyrer argues this just confirms how Muslims are raced, because the visual religious cues worn by Sikhs are misinterpreted as Muslim. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 519

Categorization

• XREF: Directly evidences the reader’s core religion-vs-race question: Muslims are raced because visual/phenotypic cues trigger harassment regardless of actual faith. — connects to: Anti-Muslim racism targets those merely perceived as Muslim, including Christians and Sikhs
• DEFINE: Concrete demonstration of racialization via Tyrer’s argument — mislabeling of Sikhs shows race operates on appearance, not belief.