US policy frames the world’s 2 billion Muslims as presumptive terrorists.

Evidence

After hours of questioning, the agent finally said to them, “I guess you’re not terrorists.” This comment shows that Muslim bodies are equated with their potentiality to commit terror until proven otherwise. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 282 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Preemptive FBI strategy assumed Muslims were guilty and induced latent terrorist tendencies. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 568; US refusal to examine its own Mideast policies enabled future terrorism — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 267; State-sponsored Islamophobia enforces the presumption linking Muslims to terrorism. (+10 more)

Related

• Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise (similarity 0.86)
• Terrorism and extremism are treated as exclusive to Islam (similarity 0.86)
• Muslims are presumed terrorists until interrogation proves otherwise (similarity 0.86)
• Preemptive FBI strategy assumed Muslims were guilty and induced latent terrorist tendencies. (similarity 0.84)
• Interrogators presume Muslims hold authentic insider knowledge of terrorism (similarity 0.84)
• Muslims are presumed guilty until proven innocent in US enforcement (similarity 0.83)
• Even exemplary good Muslims are simultaneously surveilled as suspects (similarity 0.83)
• Suspicion of Muslims is based on association rather than evidence (similarity 0.83)
• US refusal to examine its own Mideast policies enabled future terrorism (similarity 0.82)
• A presumption of guilt until proven innocent defines Islamophobia (similarity 0.82)
• Muslims are presumed predisposed to terrorism, making entrapment defenses fail. (similarity 0.81)
• Liberal inclusive language still frames Muslims only as terror informants (similarity 0.80)
• Structural Islamophobia operates through laws and policies that presume Muslims threaten national security (similarity 0.80)
• Even watchlisted Muslims face additional appearance-based profiling (similarity 0.80)
• Muslims are positioned as an external threat against America’s internal enemies. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• State-sponsored Islamophobia enforces the presumption linking Muslims to terrorism. #corroborates (0.95)
• Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise #corroborates (0.95) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 282
• State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies #corroborates (0.95)
• The War on Terror racially constructed Muslims as terrorists. #corroborates (0.90)
• Structural Islamophobia operates through laws and policies that presume Muslims threaten national security #expands (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 123
• Muslims are presumed predisposed to terrorism, making entrapment defenses fail. #expands (0.85) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 570
• Islamophobia worldwide shares the core link between Islam and terrorism #expands (0.80)
• Clash of civilizations framing located terrorism’s cause within Islam itself #expands (0.75) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 266
• American Islamophobia equipped China and India to persecute their Muslim populations. #expands (0.70)
• The War on Terror metastasized into a global network of state crusades against Muslims #expands (0.70)
• Islamophobia is a US political weapon deployed through proxies in India and China #expands (0.60)