Book burning symbols alienated Muslim critics from Western audiences

Evidence

The burning of Rushdie’s novel, while legally permissible, also made matters worse, as book burning raises memories of more sordid episodes in European history such as the Inquisition and Nazi Germany. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 354

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Muslim depictions served as foils for unrelated domestic critiques — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 106; Visible Muslim religious practice invites state suspicion and hate-motivated backlash — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 540; The Bradford book-burning may have been staged to defame Islam — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 232

Broader Connections

• Muslim depictions served as foils for unrelated domestic critiques #complicates (0.45) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 106
• Visible Muslim religious practice invites state suspicion and hate-motivated backlash #exemplifies (0.35) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 540