The new guidelines target 13 Muslim-majority nations and will `` disproportionately target American Muslims who have family or spiritual ties to the Islamic world , '' the Council on American-Islamic Relations said , adding that the tougher measures `` amount to religious and ethnic profiling . '' Extra screening planned for passengers coming through `` state sponsors of terrorism '' 13 of 13 nations on the list have majority Muslims populations . Policy `` only serves to alienate and stigmatize Muslim , '' group says . Northwest Airlines says profiling is `` ineffective , unconstitutional and violates Muslims values ''
Extra screening planned for passengers coming through `` state sponsors of terrorism '' 13 of 13 nations on the list have majority Muslims populations . Policy `` only serves to alienate and stigmatize Muslim , '' group says . Northwest Airlines says profiling is `` ineffective , unconstitutional and violates Muslims values ''