Muslims fear mundane political talk triggers guilt-by-association with terrorism

Evidence

Adil: I just feel that … if you express any sort of view, political view or religious view, the connotation jumps to 9/11 and extremists, like all Muslims are lumped together. And I definitely don’t feel at ease just walking into a grocery store and talking about the situation with Israel and Palestine, because I know that a lot of people wouldn’t be welcoming to that and that naturally people just jump to that conclusion, where maybe I’m not a terrorist, but I harbor [the same] views. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 432

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘connotation jumps to 9/11 and extremists’ mechanism connects to Beydoun on the Muslim Ban and the lumping of all Muslims into one suspect category.