Being tough on Muslims secures Western governments’ domestic and international standing

Evidence

Being tough on Muslims, as many European scholars have observed, is one significant way in which contemporary Western governments secure both their own domestic base (through appealing to the right and consolidating the idea that there is one white national culture) and their international stature (through appearing to be active participants of the ‘war on terror’). — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 366

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the ‘war on terror’ infrastructure and securitization debates, and to reading on French secularism/laïcité targeted at Muslims.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Sherene Razack, Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims…, 366