SAHAR F. AZIZ: While the upsurge in anti-Muslim bias is partially attributable to Trump’s candidacy, it is also the predictable culmination of fifteen years of selective enforcement of counterterrorism laws against Muslims. Starting under Bush and continuing into the Obama administration, the so-called War on Terror has been a war on Muslims’ civil rights, including their religious freedoms. That the rise in violent white Christian nationalist groups has gone largely unaddressed is further proof that national security threats are defined largely by race and religion. More here.