British Muslims were first publicly recognised through a fundamentalist lens.

Evidence

Given that British Muslims and the presence of Islam in Britain had previously been unacknowledged – collectively defined within the homogenous marker of ‘Asian’ as identified by Modood previously – so the first formal recognition of British Muslims and Islam in Britain was such that it became indistinguishable from fundamentalist forms of Islam that were seen to exist elsewhere in the world. In maintaining the homogeneity that was already present, so British Muslims became incorporated in the same perceptions, understandings and representations to those attributed to Khomeini and the resurgent forms of Islam witnessed during the revolution. no clear demarcation was duly made. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 233

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Modood’s earlier point (noted in the passage) that British South Asians were flattened under one ‘Asian’ marker — a prior homogeneity the Satanic Verses affair carried over into Muslims. — connects to: British Muslims were ethnicized before being recognized as a faith group — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 185; Britain first recognized Muslims only through the lens of fundamentalism — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 233; Early media coverage framed British Muslim identity as inherently anti-establishment. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 70 (+2 more)

Related

• Britain first recognized Muslims only through the lens of fundamentalism (similarity 0.95)
• British Muslims were ethnicized before being recognized as a faith group (similarity 0.86)
• A worldwide Muslim threat narrative came to frame British perceptions (similarity 0.84)
• Early media coverage framed British Muslim identity as inherently anti-establishment. (similarity 0.82)
• The Muslim threat was framed as infesting Britain’s body and values (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia is one of several challenges British Muslims confront. (similarity 0.80)
• Suspicion of Britain’s Muslims predates modern biological racism (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobia entered print via distinct British and American usages in 1991 (similarity 0.79)
• Religious identity grew more salient than ethnicity among later-generation British Muslims (similarity 0.79)
• British Muslims are a diverse minority diaspora, not a monolith (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobia requires an acknowledged Muslim or Islamic element to be identified. (similarity 0.78)
• Muslim migrants were initially subsumed under the hegemonic ‘Asian’ label (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• A coded lexicon spread fundamentalism’s connotations across all discourse about Muslims #expands (0.88) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 223
• A worldwide Muslim threat narrative came to frame British perceptions #expands (0.82)