Muslims are presumed terrorists until interrogation proves otherwise

Evidence

In 2003, another thousand people were arrested as part of a program to catch “absconders” from Middle Eastern nations who had overstayed their visas and who might have knowledge of “terrorist activity.” Many of these people were put “on planes to destinations where they knew no one. They left behind jobs, homes, and families, including American-born children.” Such actions are nothing if not the wholesale demonization of Muslims, who are now “guilty until proven innocent.” Their consequences reach far beyond the Arab and South Asian Muslim communities. Non-Muslim peace activists and antiwar organizers soon became targets of surveillance and interrogation as well. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 448 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The cornerstone principle of American rule of law was turned on its head for the 1.7 billion Muslims across the globe and the 8 to 10 million living in the United States, now presumed to be guilty until proven innocent. “Guilty until proven innocent” forms the fundamental definition of Islamophobia. War-on-terror policies have rolled it out by law, expansive surveillance, policing programming, and outright war. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 281 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Muslims are presumed predisposed to terrorism, making entrapment defenses fail. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 570; Preemptive FBI strategy assumed Muslims were guilty and induced latent terrorist tendencies. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 568; Interrogation space itself becomes a weapon turned against the Muslim suspect. (+14 more)

Related

• Muslims are presumed guilty until proven innocent in US enforcement (similarity 0.94)
• US policy frames the world’s 2 billion Muslims as presumptive terrorists. (similarity 0.86)
• Even high-ranking Muslim American officials were surveilled without criminal cause (similarity 0.86)
• A presumption of guilt until proven innocent defines Islamophobia (similarity 0.85)
• American society uses religion to explain crimes committed by a tiny fraction of Muslims. (similarity 0.85)
• Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise (similarity 0.85)
• Suspicion of Muslims is based on association rather than evidence (similarity 0.85)
• Preemptive FBI strategy assumed Muslims were guilty and induced latent terrorist tendencies. (similarity 0.84)
• Muslims are presumed predisposed to terrorism, making entrapment defenses fail. (similarity 0.84)
• Even exemplary good Muslims are simultaneously surveilled as suspects (similarity 0.83)
• Interrogators presume Muslims hold authentic insider knowledge of terrorism (similarity 0.82)
• Terrorism and extremism are treated as exclusive to Islam (similarity 0.82)
• Each terrorist attack resets Muslims into heightened suspicion and surveillance (similarity 0.80)
• Preemptive prosecution jails people for crimes never committed, based on presumed Muslim predisposition (similarity 0.80)
• Courts treated ordinary Muslim religiosity as evidence of terrorist predisposition (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Muslims are presumed guilty until proven innocent in US enforcement #corroborates (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 448
• A presumption of guilt until proven innocent defines Islamophobia #corroborates (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 281
• Suspicion of Muslims is based on association rather than evidence #expands (0.70)
• Routine Muslim religious practice is legally treated as evidence of terrorist predisposition #exemplifies (0.60) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 463
• Airport surveillance publicly signals to the population that Muslims are potential terrorists #expands (0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 338
• Muslim Americans bear collective guilt for unrelated Muslim terrorists #exemplifies (0.55) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 346