Anti-immigration writers frame Muslim immigration as religious warfare on Western civilization

Evidence

Corcoran describes hijra as the religious imperative of Muslims to wage “civilization jihad” against non-Muslim societies through immigration. She writes, “Jihad is a struggle against unbelievers. Immigration is a jihad on the West.” (2015b, ebook location 189). — Margaret Hodson, Baby Jihad, 31

Categorization

• SEED: Could form an essay on the rhetorical move of recasting mundane immigration policy as an existential religious war.
• XREF: connects to: Muslim immigrants are a ‘fifth column’ of secret ‘stealth jihadists’ lying in wait to overthrow Western society and implement Sharia law, according to white nationalists.; Corcoran describes hijra as the religious imperative of Muslims to wage ‘civilization jihad’ against non-Muslim societies through immigration. She writes, ‘Jihad is a struggle against unbelievers. Immigration is a jihad on the West.’ (2015b, ebook location 189).; Corcoran describes hijra as the religious imperative of Muslims to wage “civilization jihad” against non-Muslim societies through immigration. She writes, “Jihad is a struggle against unbelievers. Immigration is a jihad on the West.” (2015b, ebook location 189). She also references Modern Day Trojan Horse by Sam Solomon and E. Al Maqdisi. In this book, the authors argue that immigration is the Trojan horse, and violent Muslims are deliberately sneaking into America to wage jihad. (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Clash-of-civilizations rhetoric ideologically legitimized both foreign wars and domestic attacks #expands (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 421
• Clash of civilizations framing located terrorism’s cause within Islam itself #expands (0.70) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 266
• Anti-Muslim polemics function to define their authors’ identity rather than describe Islam. #expands (0.60) — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 124
• Immigration agents presumed Middle Easterners Muslim and therefore unassimilable #exemplifies (0.55) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 179