A top commentator framed Muslim identity itself as a turn toward violence

Evidence

The most virulent expression of this new green scare was articulated by New York University professor Tunku Varadarajan. In a November 2009 Forbes article titled “Going Muslim,” Varadarajan argued that what precipitated the tragedy at Fort Hood was a condition that he suggested was inherent to all Muslims: the tendency toward violence. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 607

Categorization

• SEED: The ‘going Muslim’ neologism could anchor an essay on how linguistic coinages naturalize racialized suspicion in security discourse.
• DEFINE: Introduces the coined term ‘going Muslim’ alongside the ‘green scare’ trope.
• XREF: connects to: Assimilation was rendered suspect as a mask for latent Muslim violence — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 608; A Forbes columnist attributed Muslim violence to inherent religious tendency; For one prominent pundit, Muslim violence is inherent, not a stress response — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 504 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• A Forbes columnist attributed Muslim violence to inherent religious tendency #corroborates (0.95)
• For one prominent pundit, Muslim violence is inherent, not a stress response #corroborates (0.93) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 504
• American rhetoric repeatedly fused Muslim identity with fanaticism #corroborates (0.88) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 149
• Official rhetoric framing Islam as ideology licensed anti-Muslim suspicion #expands (0.78) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 864
• Islam-as-violence framing migrated from the right into mainstream liberal media #expands (0.78) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 346
• Depicting Islam as violent ideology legitimizes torture of Muslims to American audiences #expands (0.75)
• Media and political elites may have an interest in promoting the Islam-violence stereotype. #expands (0.75)
• Fear of Muslim violence serves the interests of media and political elites #expands (0.75) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 41