Donald Trump called for the banning of Muslims from America after the terrorist attacks in Paris in December 2015, where the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) claimed responsibility for the killing of 130 French citizens. This blanketed accusation of all Muslims reveals how the state participates in justifying the surveillance of individuals based on their ethnic, racial, or religious identities.

XREF: Connects to broader discussions of state security discourse, Islamophobia, and securitization theory in critical security studies.

Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, loc. 58