The state does not provide a description of what entails "suspicious behaviors," leaving the public to rely on their own assumptions and stereotypes of what constitutes terrorist activity. The social construction of a Muslim terrorist occurs through the interactions of Muslims with private citizens. Private citizens made comments, sometimes in the form of an innocuous joke, to their Muslim friends and acquaintances about their association with terrorism.

DEFINE: Illustrates how 'suspicious behaviors' remains undefined by the state, so meaning gets constructed through everyday citizen interactions.

Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, loc. 302