A network of named think tanks and groups produced the Muslim takeover conspiracy narrative.
Evidence
There are four interconnected groups of people who have come together to project the image of a vicious and menacing “Muslim enemy” and to generate fear and hatred. They include members of the neocon camp who have devoted themselves to ferreting out the “Islamic terrorist”; Zionists whose goal of policing criticism of Israel dovetails neatly with the logic of Islamophobia; the Christian Right, which has joined the ranks of the Islamophobic warriors; and a group of former Muslims (and Christians) from the Middle East and South Asia who have profited from Islam-bashing. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 537 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Think tanks, academia, and media institutions jointly produce Islamophobia; The Islamophobia network framed a conspiratorial alliance between Islamists and the Left; Islamophobia is produced by an interconnected network of institutional spheres, not isolated actors (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Islamophobia is produced by an interconnected network of institutional spheres, not isolated actors
#corroborates(0.90) - Think tanks, academia, and media institutions jointly produce Islamophobia
#corroborates(0.85) - A well-funded network of professional Islamophobes drives anti-Muslim activism in America
#corroborates(0.85) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 446 - Four interconnected groups jointly project the Muslim-enemy image
#corroborates(0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 537 - The Islamophobia network framed a conspiratorial alliance between Islamists and the Left
#expands(0.80) - A terror industrial complex produces Islamophobia through interlocking institutions
#corroborates(0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 736 - Islamophobic campaigns mobilize a recognizable cast of intermediaries and tactics.
#corroborates(0.75) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 275