The American War on Terror sees Muslims, the fastest growing religion in the world, with nearly 2 billion adherents, as presumptive terrorists. This vision of Muslim identity has blinded the architects and agents of this war to the genuine contours of Muslim life in American neighborhoods and the unimaginable plight of refugees falling into the cracks in Kenya.

Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamopho…, loc. 146