Anti-sharia proponents define good Muslims as those who practice no Islam at all

Evidence

Assimilation signifies being a good Muslim, if at all, only on the terms imposed by the people advancing anti-sharia bills. The proponents of banning Islam recognize that there are good, law-abiding Muslims, but by their definition, those Muslims do not practice Islam at all. They are the secular patriots who do not criticize the politics of the American empire, who do not question the American dream, and who do not object to the … 222. Even so, they are often met with violence before they can explain anything. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 298

The proponents of banning Islam recognize that there are good, law-abiding Muslims, but by their definition, those Muslims do not practice Islam at all. They are the secular patriots who do not criticize the politics of the American empire, who do not question the American dream, and who do not object to the 222. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 298

Categorization

• SEED: Essay angle: the double-bind of ‘good Muslim’ rhetoric where acceptance requires ceasing to be Muslim.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 298
• XREF: connects to: When believers cannot be visually identified, lawmakers criminalize the religion wholesale.; Acceptable Muslims and minorities must deny their own racialized subordination. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 460; Essentialised ‘good Muslim’ framings exclude real Muslims from civic participation — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 401 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Practicing Muslims are labeled bad Muslims presumed prone to terror #corroborates (0.90) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 400
• Essentialised ‘good Muslim’ framings exclude real Muslims from civic participation #expands (0.85) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 401
• Islamophobic claims serve to positively define their speakers rather than describe Muslims #expands (0.80)
• Criticizing specific Muslim practices is not Islamophobia unless it generalizes to all Muslims #qualifies (0.75) — Erik Bleich, What Is Islamophobia and How Much Is…, 27
• Anti-Muslim discrimination is justified by invidious reference to Muslim cultural practices #exemplifies (0.70) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 108