Anti-terror safety demands are displaced onto Muslims disproportionately

Evidence

Ensuring safety from terrorism is in the interests of all citizens, including Muslims. However, it is contrary to both equality and human rights law that Muslims, far more than any other group, are expected to pay for such safety at the cost of being subject to suspicion, demonization, racial stereotyping and unwarranted interference with their private lives. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 432

Categorization

  • SEED: A possible essay angle: the asymmetry in who pays the hidden costs of collective security — Muslims asked to buy safety with suspicion, while other citizens get it free.
  • XREF: connects to: Counter-terrorism policy forced Muslim groups into complicity or exclusion. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 145; Prevent guidance disproportionately targets Islamist extremism despite formally covering all threats. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 403; Muslims disproportionately bear the human-rights costs of counter-terrorism — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 427 (+6 more)

Broader Connections