British institutions have normalized surveillance of Muslims across daily life

Evidence

In Britain, there has been an institution(alization) of surveillance of Muslim groups on the streets (as in the Birmingham ‘spycam’ affair; Hussain 2014), by police, in prisons, in the immigration system, in their own homes and on the internet (on suspicion of ‘Googling while Muslim’ as my colleague Wendy Bottero evocatively described it), and, particularly worryingly, across the education system from primary schools to universities. This has particularly affected young people, who bear the brunt of this hostility, creating a climate of fear and suspicion. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 172

Categorization

• SEED: Essay angle: the ‘Googling while Muslim’ phrase could anchor a piece on ambient, digitized suspicion.
• XREF: Echoes the ‘suspect community’ concept tied to state securitization, resonant with readings on racialization. — connects to: British state institutions formalised surveillance targeting Muslims based on appearance — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 481; The UK’s counter-terrorism apparatus decentralizes surveillance into everyday public institutions, which enables discrimination. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 418; Surveillance leads Muslims to police their own actions and dress (+9 more)

Related

• British state institutions formalised surveillance targeting Muslims based on appearance (similarity 0.88)
• The UK’s counter-terrorism apparatus decentralizes surveillance into everyday public institutions, which enables discrimination. (similarity 0.87)
• State counter-terrorism focus has fostered and furthered Islamophobia in the UK (similarity 0.81)
• State surveillance escalates with how visibly Muslim a person is (similarity 0.81)
• The USA PATRIOT Act produced the surveillance society that made Muslim bodies constantly monitored (similarity 0.80)
• Each terrorist attack resets Muslims into heightened suspicion and surveillance (similarity 0.80)
• Surveillance derives from country-of-origin priority lists that racialize Muslim identity (similarity 0.80)
• Surveillance makes Muslim men strategically perform loyalty to manage others’ suspicions (similarity 0.79)
• Surveillance leads Muslims to police their own actions and dress (similarity 0.79)
• FBI surveillance drives Muslim congregations to self-police and Americanize (similarity 0.79)
• State surveillance policies push Muslims to strengthen a targeted identity (similarity 0.79)
• The War on Terror racialized Muslim bodies to justify their surveillance (similarity 0.78)
• Surveillance justified by religious identity constitutes racialization of Muslims (similarity 0.78)
• Surveillance itself racializes target groups into a suspicious race (similarity 0.78)
• Suspicion of Britain’s Muslims predates modern biological racism (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• British state institutions formalised surveillance targeting Muslims based on appearance #expands (0.95) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 481
• The UK’s counter-terrorism apparatus decentralizes surveillance into everyday public institutions, which enables discrimination. #expands (0.90) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 418
• State counter-terrorism focus has fostered and furthered Islamophobia in the UK #expands (0.90) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 384
• State surveillance escalates with how visibly Muslim a person is #expands (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 380
• Surveillance justified by religious identity constitutes racialization of Muslims #expands (0.85)
• Airport surveillance publicly signals to the population that Muslims are potential terrorists #expands (0.85) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 338
• Surveillance leads Muslims to police their own actions and dress #expands (0.80)
• Muslim religious identity becomes a racial category through surveillance. #expands (0.80)
• Surveillance derives from country-of-origin priority lists that racialize Muslim identity #expands (0.80)
• Surveillance is reproduced horizontally as Muslims police one another too #expands (0.80)
• State surveillance policies push Muslims to strengthen a targeted identity #expands (0.80) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 137