{"id":1926,"date":"2004-09-15T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-15T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2004-09-15T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-09-15T06:00:00","slug":"racial_profiling_against_muslims_goes_full_circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/09\/racial_profiling_against_muslims_goes_full_circle\/","title":{"rendered":"Detentions: Racial profiling against Muslims goes full circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/detain.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\">Not that I support terror<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>In a report that won\u2019t be news to most Muslims, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org%2Fracial_profiling%2Freport%2Findex.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amnesty International<\/a> released a report this month outlining the dramatic increase in racial profiling since the September 11th terrorist attacks. The year-long study documented the numerous contexts (while driving, while shopping) and pointed out (correctly) the lack of progress or efficacy in stemming or preventing any more terrorism than before (hello <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com%2Fwar_comments.php%3Fid%3DP281_0_14_0_C\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Johnny<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com%2Fpolitics_comments.php%3Fid%3DP322_0_10_0_C\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Richard<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com%2Fwar_comments.php%3Fid%3DP508_0_14_0_C\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jose<\/a>), while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com%2Flobe%2F%3Farticleid%3D3571\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">clogging the system<\/a> with records of innocent people routinely requestioned at airports. But the connection that dare not speak its name is still there \u2013 namely the high profile association global terrorism has to Islam (despite the infinitesimal proportion of Muslims involved). And after last week\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com%2Fnews_comments.php%3Fid%3D1289_0_26_0_C\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">horror<\/a> in Beslan, some journalists and intellectuals in the Muslim and Arab worlds have had enough. \u201cIt is a certain fact that not all Muslims are terrorists, but it is equally certain, and exceptionally painful, that almost all terrorists are Muslims,\u201d said Abdel Rahman al-Rashed, general manager of Al-Arabiyya television. Despite such observations being lauded by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com%2Fnews%2Fglobe%2Feditorial_opinion%2Foped%2Farticles%2F2004%2F09%2F09%2Fwhere_is_the_muslim_outrage%2F\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">more<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.useless-knowledge.com%2Fcolumnists%2Fmichaeljohnmccrae%2Farticle218.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">histrionic<\/a> of commentators, many acts of terror have scraped so far down the bottom of the barrel that a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com%2Fnews%2Feditorials%2Fsep04%2F258564.asp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">soul-searching <\/a> is starting to take place. \u201cRecent editorials in major newspapers and commentaries by prominent leaders have criticized the morality and political efficacy of the continuing wanton violence in Iraq, Palestine, and even Chechnya,\u201d notes the Arab American Institute\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com%2F%3Fpage%3D7%26%2364258%3Bion%3D0%26article%3D51483%26d%3D15%26m%3D9%26y%3D2004\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James Zogby<\/a>. \u201cCritics on both sides of the divide can and should recognize each other\u2019s efforts and work to reinforce one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Zahed Amanullah is associate editor of altmuslim.com.\u00a0 He is based in London, England.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International says US Muslims are disproportionately profiled for suspected terrorism offenses. 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