A terror industrial complex produces Islamophobia through interlocking institutions

Evidence

Colin Powell has referred to this complex as the “terror industrial complex” in the twenty-first century, suggesting a continuity with the Cold War. This terror industrial complex provides the infrastructure of what I call the “matrix of anti-Muslim racism.” In what follows, I outline the spheres discussed throughout this book and place them together to illustrate the joint and interactive processes involved in the production of Islamophobia. The matrix, however, isn’t the last word on this question. One could fruitfully expand a structural analysis of this sort with an examination of social media, privatized military and policing agencies, NGOs, charitable foundations, defense contractors, and various public and private entities, all of which are part of the terror industrial complex in the neoliberal era. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 736

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names the synthetic concept — terror industrial complex / matrix of anti-Muslim racism — which is the book’s organizing frame.
• XREF: Directly analogous to Eisenstein’s militarism-plus-markets concept and to the war-on-terror as permanent-war claims in the existing vault. — connects to: Islamophobia networks are structurally integral to US empire — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 89; The Park51 mosque controversy took off because of homegrown-terrorism hysteria — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 646; A network of named think tanks and groups produced the Muslim takeover conspiracy narrative. (+13 more)

Broader Connections

• Personnel rotation across military, academic, and think-tank spheres sustains the Islamophobia industry #expands (0.95)
• Islamophobia is systemic and institutionalized, not merely individual prejudice #expands (0.90) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 641
• Structural Islamophobia operates through institutions enacting security-based policies. #expands (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1258
• States across the power spectrum weaponize Islamophobia for national and imperial projects #expands (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 79
• Islamophobia spans the political spectrum and is embedded in empire’s infrastructure #expands (0.85)
• Islamophobia operates as an empire advanced by cooperating governments with distinct anti-Muslim agendas #expands (0.82)
• Islamophobia is an empire advanced by a network of governments with distinct crusades #expands (0.82)
• A coordinated Islamophobia industry orchestrated the Ground Zero Mosque protests #exemplifies (0.80)
• Islamophobia became a globally networked condition spread across states #expands (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 37
• Islamophobia works through structural incentives and preexisting prejudice, not organized networks alone #qualifies (0.78) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 35