Religious/racial profiling will highlight a stark choice for the mainstream Muslim community: either they will fulfill the pessimistic expectations of Tarique Ghaffur and turn toward terrorism, or they will begin to expose potential terrorists in order to stop the hijacking of their communal image. If they opt for deeper and more prolonged association with terrorism, no amount of kowtowing would prevent that association in any case – just ask the French. The Muslim community can, however, quash the plague of terrorism from within; profiling will end the moment they do. Until then, we cannot afford to take chances with our...