Blaming the victim rationalizes anti-Muslim violence as deserved consequence

Evidence

The link between Islamophobic attitudes and discrimination is exemplified in this comment: “Violence cannot be condoned. However, by wearing identity-concealing garments, these women are sending the message that they are victims. They shouldn’t be surprised when they are victimized. If they don’t take their own rights seriously, then those who are inclined to violence certainly won’t.” — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 515

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘she shouldn’t be surprised when she is victimized’ logic parallels repertoires of victim-blaming in sexual-violence discourse and in the reader’s moral-panic material. — connects to: Assimilation was rendered suspect as a mask for latent Muslim violence — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 608; Ritual-abuse accusations function to justify violence against target groups — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 274
• DEEPTHINKING: The comment performs the exact psychological mechanism the volume dissects: the fearer displaces responsibility onto the veiled woman, framing her dress itself as provocation that releases the aggressor from culpability.