Muslim American men told me one of the biggest changes they experienced after 9/11 was feeling they had to censor themselves in public spaces. Because Muslim men were more likely to be targeted by the state via TSA lists at airports and were not under the same kind of surveillance by strangers as Muslim women who wear the hijab, their responses to racialized surveillance differed. They told me they avoided discussing particular topics, such as religion or foreign policy, out of fear of being identified as a Muslim and associated or seen as sympathizing with terrorism. … For Muslim men, an increase in their religiosity can also incite suspicion about Muslim men.

Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, loc. 347