In a May 2016 article for Al Jazeera English, I wrote, … For Muslim Americans, demonstrations of good citizenship are tied to terrorism. Namely, condemning any and every act that involves a Muslim culprit. Apologizing for the actions of a deviant, distant few. And routinely on deaf ears, collective statements against the savage acts of savage actors such as ISIL. . . . Muslim Americans are riddled with the assignment of collective guilt that obliges them to disavow or apologize for entirely unrelated actors, or completely unconnected actions. . . . Unfortunately, there are only two sides, and selecting the wrong side leaves one vulnerable to identification as a bad Muslim, followed by the surveillance and state violence attendant with that classification.

XREF: Connects to anti-Muslim discrimination research and the 'show me your papers' double-bind often described in critical security studies about surveillance of Muslim communities.

Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Unde…, loc. 346