‘Reeks of profiling’: US ‘no-fly’ list appears to target Muslims

Women pray as US President Joe Biden hosts a reception celebrating Eid al-Fitr in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 1 [File: Brendan Smialowski/AFP]

Disappointment, not surprise. That’s how Mayor Mohamed Khairullah of Prospect Park, New Jersey, reacted to a report this month that indicated Muslims are vastly over-represented on travel watch lists maintained by the United States government.

Khairullah’s name was among the 1.47 million entries that “regard Muslims” on a leaked set of 2019 travel watch lists, according to an analysis by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).