Anti-Muslim fear is being weaponized electorally in Europe and India simultaneously

Evidence

Over in Europe, a refugee crisis created by the Syrian Civil War—a complicated conflagration with many nations invested in the outcome—has resulted in increased xenophobia across the EU. European far-right-wing candidates have been ushered into office on their political pledge that Muslim refugees will not be assisted and will not be allowed to remain and integrate into their respective European societies. … Even in places like India, right-wing politicians are consolidating their political power by using hateful rhetoric to dehumanize Muslims. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 34

Categorization

• XREF: The EU and India cases give the transnational scaffolding this capstone needs alongside the US dimension. — connects to: Islamophobia is a US political weapon deployed through proxies in India and China; The 2016 race weaponized nonspecific Muslim fear for electoral gain — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 33; Modi’s India serves as a laboratory for virulent Islamophobia — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 485 (+4 more)
• SEED: Angle: a comparative piece charting the parallel rise of anti-Muslim electoral politics in the US, EU, and India as one global phenomenon.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 34

Related

• The 2016 race weaponized nonspecific Muslim fear for electoral gain (similarity 0.83)
• Islamophobia and immigration anxiety drove the Brexit vote and European racist resurgence (similarity 0.80)
• States across the power spectrum weaponize Islamophobia for national and imperial projects (similarity 0.80)
• Islamophobia is a US political weapon deployed through proxies in India and China (similarity 0.79)
• Explicit Islamophobia has become an effective electoral strategy (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobic projects span weak states, hegemons, and European far-right parties alike (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Explicit Islamophobia has become an effective electoral strategy #expands (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 508
• Modi’s India serves as a laboratory for virulent Islamophobia #expands (0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 485
• The 2016 race weaponized nonspecific Muslim fear for electoral gain #exemplifies (0.70) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 33
• Hindutva reframed Hinduism as a political identity mandating Muslim exclusion from India #expands (0.65)
• Islamophobia is a US political weapon deployed through proxies in India and China #expands (0.60)