Anglo-American press frames Muslim criminals by religion rather than nationality

Evidence

If a Mohammedan, Turk, Egyptian, Syrian or African commits a crime the newspaper reports do not tell us that it was committed by a Turk, an Egyptian, a Syrian or an African, but by a Mohammedan. If an Irishman, an Italian, a Spaniard or a German commits a crime in the United States we do not say that it was committed by a Catholic, a Methodist or a Baptist, nor even a Christian; we designate the man by his nationality. Perhaps the only thing that exceeds the accuracy of Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb’s observation is the surprise that this New Yorker made it more than a century ago. Such a comment would not seem out of place in the United States or Great Britain following the attacks of 9/11 and 7/7. — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 14

Categorization

• XREF: Directly evidences the MOC thread question about the interchangeable-Muslim-face template — this is the newsroom relay that flattens diverse Muslim nationalities into one category. — connects to: British media explicitly shield Muslims from collective guilt while American media do not — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 43; Religious labeling of criminals applies to Muslims but not to Christians; A media intellectual framed Muslim-American violence as inherent religious tendency, not breakdown (+2 more)
• SEED: The 1893 Webb observation vs 9/11 coverage could anchor an essay on how the typecasting frame is inherited, not new.
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Related

• British media explicitly shield Muslims from collective guilt while American media do not (similarity 0.81)
• The media codes only certain groups’ violence as religiously motivated (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Religious labeling of criminals applies to Muslims but not to Christians #expands (0.85)
• British media explicitly shield Muslims from collective guilt while American media do not #qualifies (0.80) — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 43
• A media intellectual framed Muslim-American violence as inherent religious tendency, not breakdown #complicates (0.80)
• American columnists demand Muslims collectively condemn crimes they had no part in #exemplifies (0.80) — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 44
• News media framed conversion to Islam as a criminal gang substitute #exemplifies (0.75)