Anti-terror policing may have created a new offense of political protest while Muslim.
Evidence
These restrictions raise an important question, one articulated by scholar Liz Fekete: “Are we seeing a new form of religious profiling? A new offence: ‘Demonstrating for Palestine while Muslim’?” — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 583
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Muslim religious identity becomes a racial category through surveillance.; Visible Muslim religious practice invites state suspicion and hate-motivated backlash — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 540; Counterterrorism rhetoric masks an offensive campaign against Muslims. (+10 more)
Broader Connections
- CVE policing treated religious piety as a signal of radicalization.
#corroborates(0.70) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 360 - Terrorist designations function as tools to criminalize Muslim civic participation.
#expands(0.70) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 665 - Surveillance racializes Muslims by casting them as threats rather than protected citizens.
#corroborates(0.65) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 209 - Muslim religious identity becomes a racial category through surveillance.
#expands(0.60) - Visible Muslim religious practice invites state suspicion and hate-motivated backlash
#corroborates(0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 540 - The War on Terror racially constructed Muslims as terrorists.
#corroborates(0.60) - Racial profiling extends to religious signifiers like Muslim names and clothing.
#expands(0.55) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 227 - Muslims are presumed predisposed to terrorism, making entrapment defenses fail.
#corroborates(0.50) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 570 - Counterterrorism rhetoric masks an offensive campaign against Muslims.
#contradicts(0.40)