British Muslims are trapped between accusations of entryism and separatism.

Evidence

It offers insight into the experiences of Muslims in Britain today, who, as I highlight in my book The Enemy Within, feel they are caught in a no-win place. If they engage with politics and British institutions they are viewed as suspicious, as ‘entryists’, but if they keep themselves to themselves they are viewed as ‘separatists’, disengaged from mainstream society. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 41

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: The double-bind framing resonates with the class/identity signaling dynamics in ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ — a catch-22 imposed on a group regardless of how they act.
• XREF: connects to: British Muslims face a double bind of suspicion either way they engage — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 36; An ethnic minority identity invites questions while a Muslim identity invites hostile expulsion; Perceiving Muslims as disloyal shifts the policy frame from anti-discrimination to securitization.

Related

• British Muslims face a double bind of suspicion either way they engage (similarity 0.94)
• Islamophobia is one of several challenges British Muslims confront. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• British Muslims face a double bind of suspicion either way they engage #corroborates (0.95) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 36
• An ethnic minority identity invites questions while a Muslim identity invites hostile expulsion #expands (0.75)
• Perceiving Muslims as disloyal shifts the policy frame from anti-discrimination to securitization. #exemplifies (0.75)