Muslim Americans face intrusive religious-practice questioning that white peers do not

Evidence

Nabeel: People ask, “Oh, so do you pray five times a day?” You know, stuff like that. “Have you been on the pilgrimage?” It’s like, “No, I’m twenty-two years old. I haven’t been on the pilgrimage.” Like, I mean, “Have you visited the Vatican?” You know? It’s just like, “I’m just a kid, just like you. It’s just I was brought up in a different culture and religion.” — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 449

Categorization

• XREF: Direct interview confirmation of the everyday surveillance-familiarity the reader seeks as visceral interior material; connects to Beydoun’s account of Muslims as permanent suspects.
• SEED: The asymmetry Nabeel names (asking a 22-year-old about pilgrimage versus asking a peer about the Vatican) is a compact, quotable example of micro-surveillance for an essay.