Muslims are five times more likely to encounter police harassment than any other faith group, according to a study by Texas-based Rice University, which aimed to examine how religion shapes individuals’ experiences with law enforcement officers.
The study also found that Muslims of colour — more specifically those who are Black, or of Middle Eastern or North African descent — are more likely to experience police harassment due to their religion and face worse treatment than Muslims who identify as white.
Over 23 percent of Black Muslims and nearly 40 percent of adults identifying as MENA-origin Muslims experienced religion-based police harassment, according to the report. Meanwhile, no white Muslims reported religion-based police harassment.
While the disproportionate police harassment of Black communities compared to other communities has come under scrutiny in recent years amid high-profile police killings of Black people, there are fewer studies focusing on police treatment of people of colour within Muslim communities in a post-9/11 world.
“Many Muslim Americans fear state-sanctioned police surveillance through actions such as online tracking, airport security, routine stops, or monitoring within religious spaces,” researchers said.
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The study also found that Muslims of colour — more specifically those who are Black, or of Middle Eastern or North African descent — are more likely to experience police harassment due to their religion and face worse treatment than Muslims who identify as white.
Over 23 percent of Black Muslims and nearly 40 percent of adults identifying as MENA-origin Muslims experienced religion-based police harassment, according to the report. Meanwhile, no white Muslims reported religion-based police harassment.
While the disproportionate police harassment of Black communities compared to other communities has come under scrutiny in recent years amid high-profile police killings of Black people, there are fewer studies focusing on police treatment of people of colour within Muslim communities in a post-9/11 world.
“Many Muslim Americans fear state-sanctioned police surveillance through actions such as online tracking, airport security, routine stops, or monitoring within religious spaces,” researchers said.
TRT WORLD
Muslims are five times more likely to encounter police harassment than any other faith group, according to a study by Texas-based Rice University, which aimed to examine how religion shapes individuals’ experiences with law enforcement officers.
The study also found that Muslims of colour — more specifically those who are Black, or of Middle Eastern or North African descent — are more likely to experience police harassment due to their religion and face worse treatment than Muslims who identify as white.
Over 23 percent of Black Muslims and nearly 40 percent of adults identifying as MENA-origin Muslims experienced religion-based police harassment, according to the report. Meanwhile, no white Muslims reported religion-based police harassment.
While the disproportionate police harassment of Black communities compared to other communities has come under scrutiny in recent years amid high-profile police killings of Black people, there are fewer studies focusing on police treatment of people of colour within Muslim communities in a post-9/11 world.
“Many Muslim Americans fear state-sanctioned police surveillance through actions such as online tracking, airport security, routine stops, or monitoring within religious spaces,” researchers said.
TRT WORLD
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