Abstract: The paper is prepared by United States University-Africa (USIU-A) students: Waweru Keziah W., Kirenge Sidi G., Cheche Makena Knight, Toywa Sylvia and USIU-A lecturer Ng'eno KWA. The article seeks to assess whether or not the use of religious profiling as a mechanism to fight terrorism has been effective. It begins by separately analyzing terrorism, the fight against terrorism and religious profiling, by providing a brief background of the terms. It then investigates the connection between the fight against terrorism and religious profiling, and how this manifests itself. Two case studies, from a developing and developed country, are then provided to give context to the topic under analysis, and lastly the paper provides a critical summary on the negative effects of religious profiling to the fight against terrorism. Through this paper we seek to demystify the common perception that terrorism is a preserve of the Islamic minorities, by illustrating the outcome of such perceptions to the overall fight against terrorism.
Keywords: Terrorism, Religion, Islam, Security, Kenya, France, United States and Profiling.
Title: Effects of Religious Profiling on the Fight against Terrorism
Author: Waweru Keziah W, Kirenge Sidi G, Cheche Makena Knight, Toywa Sylvia, Ng’eno Weldon
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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