Suspicion of Muslim men destroys careers before they begin.

Evidence

‘My eldest son was studying aeronautical engineering in his second year. He went for a job and they told him “Why do you want to study aeronautics? Is it because you want to blow up a plane?” He has now left his studies. This is our home, we don’t want to leave this country but where do we belong?’ (Asma) This discussion shows that participants were multiple and repeat victims of both online and offline Islamophobia. — Irene Zempi and Imran Awan, Islamophobia, 270

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• SHARE: A devastating, concrete anecdote for anyone tracking how terror-suspicion talk forecloses ordinary Muslim ambition.