Anti-sharia litigation frames mosques as terrorist-breeding sites to justify exclusion.

Evidence

The crux of the claim is that the mosque will become a site that breeds terrorism and that the mosque leaders are already tied to terrorist groups and illegal activities that are national security threats. The purpose of the opening statement and expert testimony was to clearly draw a connection between the mosque, the Muslims, and terrorism. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 372

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Plaintiffs rhetorically conflated mosque construction with hosting Osama bin Laden — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 381; Anti-sharia legislation sought to criminalize all mosque attendance as terrorism; Practical objections to mosques often mask anti-Muslim sentiment. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 117 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Opponents framed Muslim proponents of sharia as terrorists through guilt by distant association. #expands (0.95) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 387
• American mosques deter extremism rather than breed it #contradicts (0.95) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 582
• Practical objections to mosques often mask anti-Muslim sentiment. #complicates (0.85) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 117
• Anti-mosque opposition recasts Islam as a political movement to deny First Amendment protection #expands (0.85) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 28
• Racially coded threat claims justify exempting Muslims from ordinary zoning procedure. #expands (0.85) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 350
• Clash of civilizations framing located terrorism’s cause within Islam itself #expands (0.85) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 266
• Mosque opponents argued Islam is not a First Amendment-protected religion. #expands (0.82)
• Anti-sharia bills sought to criminalize mosque attendance by defining Islam as ideology #expands (0.80)
• Muslims are framed as terrorists in cases only about immigration violations #exemplifies (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 562
• Anti-Muslim activists frame restrictions on Muslims as defending liberty. #expands (0.78) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 29