Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise
Evidence
After hours of questioning, the agent finally said to them, “I guess you’re not terrorists.” This comment shows that Muslim bodies are equated with their potentiality to commit terror until proven otherwise. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 282
Categorization
- XREF: Concrete instance of the ‘potentiality’ framing the reader logs as Prime visceral material — connects to the interior experience of being watched. — connects to: State security forces may have perpetrated massacres later blamed on Islamists. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 42; 24 links Muslim religious devotion directly to homicidal extremism — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 525; Muslims are presumed predisposed to terrorism, making entrapment defenses fail. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 570 (+47 more)
Broader Connections
- Muslims are presumed terrorists until interrogation proves otherwise
#corroborates(0.95) - Muslims are presumed guilty until proven innocent in US enforcement
#corroborates(0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 448 - Routine Muslim religious practice is legally treated as evidence of terrorist predisposition
#expands(0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 463 - The War on Terror racialized Muslim bodies to justify their surveillance
#expands(0.75) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 29 - State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies
#expands(0.70) - Airport surveillance publicly signals to the population that Muslims are potential terrorists
#expands(0.70) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 338 - Each terrorist attack resets Muslims into heightened suspicion and surveillance
#expands(0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 666 - Muslim men self-censor to avoid being associated with terrorism.
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