Americans and Britons alike viewed Islam as inherently expansionist and violent.

Evidence

Although Britons in India differed from Americans because of the active (if exaggerated) threat to their political order, both shared a conviction regarding two alleged qualities of Islam that made it a perennial menace: the proclivity of Muslims to spread their religion and to do so violently. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 145

Categorization

• DEFINE: Frames the two core alleged qualities of Islam being dissected: proselytizing and violence.