Anti-Muslim sentiment spans opposing political groups, not just white conservatives

Evidence

The difficulties Muslims face in obtaining permits to build mosques and the introduction of anti-sharia bills in state legislatures reflect the growing hostility to the Muslim presence in the United States. One might assume that in a politically liberal city such as Chicago, anti-Muslim sentiments would be fewer. Yet the experiences of the Muslim Americans I interviewed suggest that these negative sentiments transcend political ideology. In other words, anti-Muslim feelings and Islamophobia are present regardless of the political leanings of the local population. An examination of Muslim American life in cities like Chicago and the Dallas/Fort Worth area sheds light on the increased racialization of Muslim Americans that has occurred in the years since 9/11. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 119 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The larger point is that the freedom of speech issue addressed in the manifesto is a concern shared more broadly across the political and religious spectrum. Even the Runnymede Report recognizes this potential problem. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 78 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Democratic and Republican parties practice different but complementary forms of Islamophobia — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 327; Majorities of both Republican and Democratic voters supported the Muslim ban — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 507; Anti-Muslim animus united Federalists and Republicans at the Constitutional Convention. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 165 (+20 more)

Related

• Anti-Muslim sentiment persists regardless of local political ideology. (similarity 0.91)
• Anti-Muslim sentiment operates independently of local political ideology (similarity 0.88)
• Free speech concerns about the Islamophobia concept are shared across the political spectrum (similarity 0.84)
• Anti-Muslim rhetoric has been mainstreamed across right-left ideological divides in the US (similarity 0.83)
• Anti-Muslim racism in politics spans both parties in liberal and conservative forms (similarity 0.83)
• Democratic and Republican parties practice different but complementary forms of Islamophobia (similarity 0.81)
• Anti-Muslim racialization is bipartisan and flourished under the Obama administration (similarity 0.80)
• Party affiliation and religiosity predict American suspicion of Muslims (similarity 0.80)
• Majorities of both Republican and Democratic voters supported the Muslim ban (similarity 0.80)
• Anti-Muslim sentiment is shifting from terror fear to cultural-threat framing (similarity 0.80)
• Anti-sharia panic manufactures political support while Muslims pose no such threat (similarity 0.80)
• Anti-Islamic and anti-Muslim attitudes are distinct but overlapping targets of prejudice (similarity 0.80)
• Anti-Muslim racialization is pervasive and not limited to white Southern Republicans (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobia spans liberal and conservative mainstreams, not just the fringe right (similarity 0.79)
• The same free-speech constraint claim unites Islamophobes, ACLU lawyers, and Muslims (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Anti-Muslim sentiment persists regardless of local political ideology. #corroborates (0.85) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 119
• Anti-Muslim sentiment operates independently of local political ideology #corroborates (0.75)
• Free speech concerns about the Islamophobia concept are shared across the political spectrum #corroborates (0.60) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 78
• Right-wing Islamophobes are structurally embedded rather than marginal figures #expands (0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 34
• Islamophobia and racial prejudice are entangled in distinct ways across Western contexts #expands (0.45) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 64
• Authoritarianism and preference for cultural homogeneity drive anti-Muslim stereotypes. #expands (0.40) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 253