Anti-Muslim suspicion targets all Muslims, not just violent extremists

Evidence

As the AVOT statement makes clear, it is not simply the violent section of the Islamist movement that they wish to “research,” but “Islam and Islamism” as a whole. It shouldn’t be surprising, then, that simply being a Muslim makes you worthy of suspicion, according to this logic. Drawing a page from the McCarthyist playbook, Gaffney was one of many who claimed that Obama might be a “secret Muslim.” The implication, of course, is that being a Muslim is sufficient cause for not trusting him. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 540

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘guilt by identity’ move parallels the reader’s broader project connecting private psyche (suspicion) to state power (McCarthyist surveillance). — connects to: Selective coverage reduces entire Muslim communities to violent militants. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 498; Most people harboring anti-Muslim suspicion do so without deliberate malice. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 34; Anti-Muslim rhetoric still targets Islam as a religion, not just its adherents. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 89 (+19 more)

Broader Connections

• Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise #corroborates (0.85) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 282
• Clash of civilizations framing located terrorism’s cause within Islam itself #contradicts (0.50) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 266