Routine Muslim religious practice is legally treated as evidence of terrorist predisposition

Evidence

The logic underlying these cases is that Muslims are naturally “predisposed” to commit violent acts and should therefore be put away. Downs explains that “to prove predisposition, the government claims that routine, normal behavior of the defendants––dress, religious observances, Islamic financial transactions, literature, etc.––indicates a ‘predisposition’ to commit terrorism, based on the false stereotype that all Muslims are predisposed to commit terrorism. If they are sufficiently ‘Muslim,’ they are sufficiently ‘predisposed.’” — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 463

Categorization

• SEED: The ‘if sufficiently Muslim, then sufficiently predisposed’ equation is a powerful one-line thesis to anchor an essay on how criminal law pathologizes religious identity.
• XREF: connects to: Muslims are presumed predisposed to terrorism, making entrapment defenses fail. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 570; Suspicion of Muslims is based on association rather than evidence; Constitutional violations are deemed acceptable when targeting Islam or Muslims. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 310 (+23 more)

Broader Connections

• Surveillance justified by religious identity constitutes racialization of Muslims #corroborates (0.80)
• State-sponsored Islamophobia enforces the presumption linking Muslims to terrorism. #corroborates (0.75)
• American society explains rare Muslim terror through religion itself #corroborates (0.70)
• Clash of civilizations framing located terrorism’s cause within Islam itself #corroborates (0.70) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 266
• Muslim identity alone triggers persecution in some nations while practicing faith does in others #expands (0.60)