The cornerstone principle of American rule of law was turned on its head for the 1.7 billion Muslims across the globe and the 8 to 10 million living in the United States, now presumed to be guilty until proven innocent. “Guilty until proven innocent” forms the fundamental definition of Islamophobia. War-on-terror policies have rolled it out by law, expansive surveillance, policing programming, and outright war.

DEFINE: Defines Islamophobia as 'guilty until proven innocent,' pairing a political term with a legal principle reversal.

Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Unde…, loc. 281