Hijab-wearers and mosques both symbolize Islam’s threat and face violence

Evidence

But the decision to wear the hijab was entirely hers, similar to all of the Muslim women I interviewed for this book. Yet she too was aware that after she decided to wear the hijab, her experiences changed. Zara told me that after 9/11, the mosque she regularly attended put up a barb wire fence in front of the windows because bricks and rocks had been thrown at these windows. Like mosques, Muslim women who wear the hijab symbolize the threat of Islam in America, and so their bodies are also subjected to violence and harassment. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 506

Categorization

• XREF: Links to chapter on hate crimes and anti-Muslim violence; the mosque-as-body parallel is a vivid image for how visible markers draw attacks. — connects to: European restrictions target Islam’s most visible public symbols. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 608; Muslim women are simultaneously attacked as threats and pitied as victims; The Park51 controversy triggered anti-mosque movements across the Western world — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 567 (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobic tropes become real violence through perceived enemy images #expands (0.90)
• The hijab marks Muslim women instantly and provokes hostile public encounters #expands (0.85)
• Wearing the hijab shifts how Muslim women are racially perceived and treated #expands (0.80)
• The hijab rather than skin tone triggers racializing surveillance of Muslim women #expands (0.80) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 292
• The hijab functions as a racial marker that triggers airport surveillance #expands (0.80) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 224
• Anti-mosque sentiment reflects anxiety about Muslim bodies being physically close to whites #corroborates (0.50)