Banning association drove African political activity underground and increased repression

Evidence

The fights against the first Muslim ban and the one that followed on March 16, 2017, were in and of themselves daunting. But they foreshadowed more, and perhaps even more ominous, challenges ahead. The fights unfolding at airports, within communities, and in courtrooms witnessed unprecedented coalitions—grassroots unions spanning racial and religious lines—coalitions needed to meet the challenge of today’s Islamophobia, and even more importantly, to meet the “the fire next time.” — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 470 (#responds-to, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Resistance to the bans built unprecedented cross-racial coalitions — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 470

Related

• Resistance to the bans built unprecedented cross-racial coalitions (similarity 0.93)

Broader Connections

• Resistance to the bans built unprecedented cross-racial coalitions #responds-to (0.35) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 470