Imagine blocking anyone called "John Williams" and then claiming you were blocking terrorists, not just people with English-sounding names.

It turns out that in practice (and law), companies are held responsible for grossly discriminatory effects of their actions, without a detailed process of examining motivations at the time.

Those who are modding you down have no clue how the various government lists work, and what the penalties are for exporting anything to someone on them.

Yes, as with most US export law, these lists are arbitrary, feckless, and generally stupid, and yes, they contain a lot of very common names. But the "Muslim"-ness of the name has absolutely nothing to do with anything. (Exactly what is a "Muslim" name, anyway? Am I a Christian because my name is John?)