Have an "Arab-looking" name? No bank account for you!

[crossfire]

Anti-terror law targets Arab names in shutting bank accounts

In the chilling aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001 - when authorities found that hijackers had active bank accounts in the U.S., including in New Jersey - the federal government enacted laws to try to detect suspected terrorist links at financial institutions.But those laws have also had a side

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[randomtasks]

This happened to one of my teachers a few years ago.
They closed down her husbands account out of the blue and she had to go open an account in her name because her husbands name was "too muslimish" for the bank.

Edited for grammar fail.

[sobota]

This is actually the whole reason my father changed his surname, back in the 1970s! He's an American citizen and in the damn US Army and he still gets treated like he's a threat to the country.

[firerosearien]

I'm so sorry =(

[sobota]

not your fault love, but thank you.

[firerosearien]

Wow, that's awful.

[teacup_werewolf]

Thats utter shit D:<

[hirra_chan]

goddammit islamophobia Dx

this reminds me of a friend of my brother, who was denied a US visa because he's a Mexican of Syrian ancestry.