Terrorists’ shared religion triggered profiling despite differing national origins

Evidence

At the time, I lived alone in a condo in a young, predominantly white, professional neighborhood. This friend was worried for my safety because I am a Pakistani Muslim American. Within hours of the attacks, the identities of the perpetrators were revealed: all Muslim. Even though the terrorists came from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Lebanon, my friend feared I would be associated with these men because of a shared religious identity. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 16

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes how religious identity collapses national distinction — relevant to racialization of religion, connecting to Beydoun on how Islam becomes a proxy for race. — connects to: Islamist groups differ by national context despite monolithic labeling