Anti-Muslim sentiment predated and undergirded the War on Terror

Evidence

The groundwork for the War on Terror, for the Bush administration and the world’s governments that capitalized on it, was deeply and firmly established before 9/11. It was part of the American fabric to fear and loathe Muslims, and in short order, that fear and loathing was pumped into every facet of the War on Terror machine. Islamophobia was the progeny of this process. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 283

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: War on Terror racism treats Muslim culture as an immutable natural cause of violence — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 542