Anti-Islam campaigns can fail to stop a project yet still poison public opinion

Evidence

Neither the rally nor the overall campaign by Geller, Spencer, and SIOA prevented plans for the center from moving forward, but their efforts did succeed in making the project, and the Muslims who supported it, very unpopular in many political and media circles. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 445

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the media chapter’s theme — narrative control matters more than material outcome — connecting to the reader’s lay-of-the-land goal. — connects to: Othering Muslims suppresses public outrage at their disparate treatment — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 767; Domestic anti-Muslim campaigns needed liberal commentary to reach the mainstream — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 497

Broader Connections

• Othering Muslims suppresses public outrage at their disparate treatment #corroborates (0.55) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 767
• Domestic anti-Muslim campaigns needed liberal commentary to reach the mainstream #expands (0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 497