Private citizens surveil Muslim women for cultural transgression and men for security threats

Evidence

Chapter 3 uncovers the important role private citizens play in maintaining a surveillance society in the War on Terror through my interviews with Muslim Americans about their daily lives and their interactions with private citizens. Muslim women who wear the hijab experience racialization through these interactions and are treated as an affront to Western culture due to their religious dress. Private citizens constantly watch and monitor them for signs of transgressing Western cultural norms. As a result, Muslim American women who wear the hijab have been yelled at to “go back home” by strangers they encounter in public spaces. By contrast, Muslim men are surveilled as a potential threat to national security by acquaintances at work and school. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 107

Categorization

• XREF: The gendered citizen-surveillance split connects directly to the reader’s guiding question on how surveillance lands differently on men vs. women. — connects to: Muslim women’s bodies are the first site of state policing in Islamophobic societies; French Muslim women are the demographic most policed by France’s culture wars; Private citizens surveil hijab-wearing women and challenge their American identity — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 77 (+10 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Surveillance targets Muslim women for cultural transgression and Muslim men for terror risk. #corroborates (0.95)
• Gendered surveillance watches women for cultural transgression and men for terror. #corroborates (0.95)
• Citizen surveillance targets hijab-wearing women publicly but men privately as suspected terrorists #corroborates (0.90) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 347
• Racializing Muslims as threats sustains a surveillance state with gendered effects #expands (0.75)
• Surveillance operates differently on Muslim men and women through distinct mechanisms #expands (0.70)
• Private citizens surveil Muslim religious practice as a threat to American values. #qualifies (0.60)