Muslim identity overrides American citizenship status at the border.
Evidence
Bilal’s darker skin may have incited the security agent to ask if he was Muslim. When he confirmed the officer’s suspicion that he was a Muslim, the TSA agent proceeded to search his personal belongings. Bilal’s American passport should have granted him reentry into America with ease, yet because he was a Muslim, the borders tightened when he attempted to come back in. His status as an American citizen did not protect him from being profiled because his Muslim identity negates his status as an American. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 306
Categorization
- XREF: Echoes the ‘forever suspect’ thesis and connects to Beydoun on how Muslim identity nullifies citizenship. — connects to: Muslim citizenship in America is negated by religious identity after crises — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 340; Immigration agents presumed Middle Easterners Muslim and therefore unassimilable — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 179; Muslim Americans hold nominal but reduced substantive citizenship — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1344 (+7 more)
- recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
Broader Connections
- Muslim identity overrides American citizenship in airport profiling
#qualifies(0.75) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 222 - Surveillance targets Muslim Americans based on religious identity regardless of citizenship
#expands(0.75) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 104 - Religious identity replaced ethnicity as the marker making Muslim Americans seen as anti-American
#expands(0.70) - Racialized surveillance itself strips Muslims of substantive citizenship
#expands(0.70) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 658 - Muslim religious identity becomes a racial category through surveillance.
#expands(0.60)