American tolerance of Muslims conditioned on their political quiescence and departure.
Evidence
Khan wanted to show that Muslims are Americans and Americans are Muslims. The speech highlighted something important. For Muslims to be seen as American, they have to do extraordinary things to demonstrate their patriotism and loyalty to the United States. … He said, “If you’re a Muslim and you love America and freedom and you hate terror, stay here and help us win and make a future together, we want you” (Beinart 2016). Muslim Americans must pass a litmus test on their patriotism before they are able to claim their American identity. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 614 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
“[Muslim Americans] may now enjoy nominal citizenship status, but their members are, in fact, afforded less in the way of substantive citizenship than others in society” (30). — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1344 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Liberal tolerance disguises cultural privilege and collapses into assimilation demands when tested.; Muslim lives are less grievable than American ones in public memory; Muslim inclusion in American civic life comes at the price of disciplined loyalty (+11 more)
Related
- Muslim Americans must prove patriotic loyalty before being accepted as American (similarity 0.90)
- Muslims must prove extraordinary patriotism before they can claim American identity (similarity 0.85)
- Muslim inclusion in American civic life comes at the price of disciplined loyalty (similarity 0.83)
- Muslim Americans hold nominal but reduced substantive citizenship (similarity 0.82)
- Surveilled Muslim immigrants still assert loyalty to American citizenship (similarity 0.81)
- Muslim lives are less grievable than American ones in public memory (similarity 0.79)
- Muslim Americans face a patriotism litmus test to claim American identity (similarity 0.79)
- It required losing a son in a Muslim land to prove Muslim Americanness (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Muslim inclusion in American civic life comes at the price of disciplined loyalty
#corroborates(0.90) - Muslim Americans must prove patriotic loyalty before being accepted as American
#corroborates(0.85) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 614 - Muslim Americans hold nominal but reduced substantive citizenship
#expands(0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1344 - Performing Americanness forces Muslims to downplay or conceal their faith
#expands(0.70) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 343 - Most surveilled Muslim Americans respond with self-discipline rather than resistance
#expands(0.65) - Surveilled Muslim immigrants still assert loyalty to American citizenship
#complicates(0.60)