Religion or race?
This is silly:
"John Stevens, a former British police chief, said that airport bottlenecks caused by extra security checks could be reduced by focusing on "young Muslim men"."
- http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0DBCD900-1C6E-45EC-AF49-1C449D225940.htm
But "young Muslim men" only have one common factor - they are all Muslim; thus they all are adherents of Islam. But how can you tell what a person's religion is just from looking at them in an airport line? Not everyone proudly announces their religion around their neck like many Christians do.
It is arguable whether religious profiling or racial profiling is worse - quite probably both are equally bad. The issue I have with this comment is that John is recommending racial profiling but disguising it as religious profiling.
Not all Muslims are Arabic - and not all arabs are Muslim.
"John Stevens, a former British police chief, said that airport bottlenecks caused by extra security checks could be reduced by focusing on "young Muslim men"."
- http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0DBCD900-1C6E-45EC-AF49-1C449D225940.htm
But "young Muslim men" only have one common factor - they are all Muslim; thus they all are adherents of Islam. But how can you tell what a person's religion is just from looking at them in an airport line? Not everyone proudly announces their religion around their neck like many Christians do.
It is arguable whether religious profiling or racial profiling is worse - quite probably both are equally bad. The issue I have with this comment is that John is recommending racial profiling but disguising it as religious profiling.
Not all Muslims are Arabic - and not all arabs are Muslim.
posted by SC TC at 2:55 pm
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