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title: "Muslim Americans Singled Out by Airport Security"
description: "That's the percentage of Muslim Americans who say they have been singled out by airport security for inspection or questioning in the past year."
date: "2007-07-08"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2007/07/08/muslim-americans-singled-out-by-airport-security/"
---

# Muslim Americans Singled Out by Airport Security

Some 18% of Muslim Americans say that they have been singled out by airport security for inspection or questioning in the past year; when the analysis is limited to Muslims who report having taken a trip by airplane in the past year, 30% report having been singled out by security because they are Muslim. [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/483/muslim-americans)