Bystander Muslims bear guilt by association for terrorist attacks they never committed

Evidence

Eleven men. Not all of the 6 million Muslims who call France home. Not the nearly 2 billion Muslims around the globe who adhere to the faith in dramatically different and sometimes conflicting ways. Not the three Muslim men—Malik, Médine, and myself—whose very being seems to routinely summon looks of fear when we walk through the center of Paris, especially since 11/13. Whether we like it or not, our very bodies are associated with the terrorists. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 761

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in how the Global War on Terror constructs Muslim bodies as criminal across national contexts.