{"id":1076,"date":"2013-05-13T20:28:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T20:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/islaminamerica\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2013-05-13T20:28:22","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T20:28:22","slug":"traveling-while-muslim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2013\/05\/13\/traveling-while-muslim\/","title":{"rendered":"“Traveling While Muslim”"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a long-standing discussion in the United States about DWB arrests (that “driving while black” is reason enough for the police to pull over a motorist).<\/p>\n

Now, evidently, this has been expanded to “traveling while Muslim”. <\/p>\n

This story is simultaneously astonishing and sad: “Traveler from Saudi Arabia arrested at Detroit Metro with pressure cooker”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Comments?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s a long-standing discussion in the United States about DWB arrests (that “driving while black” is reason enough for the police to pull over a motorist). Now, evidently, this has been expanded to “traveling while Muslim”. This story is simultaneously astonishing and sad: “Traveler from Saudi Arabia arrested at Detroit Metro with pressure cooker”. 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