Therefore, this book does not contend that Muslim has become a race but rather that South Asians and Arabs who are Muslims are moving down the racial hierarchy because of the racialization of their Muslim identity.

DEFINE: Clarifies the book's thesis: Islam is not becoming a race per se, but Muslim identity is being racialized, shifting racial standing.

Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, loc. 458