[11] In 2019, on a domestic flight, Beydoun says he experienced racial profiling, which the Arkansas Times reported culminated with an assault involving the plane's captain.
[13] Beydoun's academic interests include constitutional law, civil rights, and the relationship between race and Islam in the United States.
[16] His work on issues such as surveillance, terrorism, and anti-Muslim policies have also been mentioned by The New York Times,[17] The Washington Post,[18] Al Jazeera,[19] and CNN.
The Australian government cancelled Beydoun's visa in response to his claim, made in Sydney, that the anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attacks represents a day of “considerable celebration”.
[1] In his book, The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims,[27] he wrote that the association of the phrase "Allah Akbar" with terrorism has been exacerbated by mass media and television pundits.