Being called ”terrorist” in violence racializes the Muslim independent of actual religiosity.

Evidence

This prompts the question that runs throughout this book, Why is a religious group adversely racialized in the first place, as opposed to safeguarded by religious freedom norms? This chapter explains how the ideological expulsion of Islam from religion is integral to the social construction of the Racial Muslim. The media, politicians, and a well-funded Islamophobia industry position Islam as a national security threat within a global clash of civilizations. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 872 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The War on Terror racializes all Muslims as a boundless enemy to justify war — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 540; War on Terror racism treats Muslim culture as an immutable natural cause of violence — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 542; Racialized claims of terrorist harm weight legal balancing tests against Muslims. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 350 (+16 more)

Broader Connections

• Islam is ideologically expelled from religion itself in its racialization #complicates (0.72) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 872