Anti-Catholic prejudice was imported from Europe, not born of local experience

Evidence

By 1791, when the First Amendment was passed, twelve states required religious tests in order to hold public office and five paid salaries of Christian ministers from taxes. At the time, Catholics were under 1 percent of the population, evincing that anti-Catholicism was primarily an importation of European prejudices, not an outgrowth of local conditions. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 284 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Irish immigrants learned anti-Black hatred upon landing in America, not at home — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 6; Anti-Catholicism in early America was imported from Europe, not locally generated — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 284; Anti-Catholicism predated and is not identical to racial nativism — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 31 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Anti-Catholicism in early America was imported from Europe, not locally generated #corroborates (1.00) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 284