Christian violence is never generalized to all Christians, but Muslim violence is.

Evidence

Looking at Christianity’s brutal history today, one might well advance an argument that all Catholics are bloodthirsty fanatics. Indeed, this logic would be analogous to the argument that Islam is inherently violent and that Muslims have a “predisposition” toward violence. Yet such a generalization is unthinkable. To my knowledge, no mainstream newspaper or magazine has drawn a straight line between the birth of Christ and various acts of terrorism committed by Christian fundamentalists. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 354

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the author’s broader argument about how Islamophobia selectively codes violence, and to Asad’s point cited in the same paragraph. — connects to: Violence by one Muslim is generalized to all while Christian violence is not — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 54; Christianity’s violent past is never generalized into an inherent predisposition.; Violence by Western actors is never blamed on Christianity or Western culture — Edward W. Said, Covering Islam: How the Media and the…, 119 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Violence by one Muslim is generalized to all while Christian violence is not #corroborates (0.98) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 54
• Christian violence is individualized while Muslim violence is collectivized. #expands (0.95) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 185
• Islamophobic ideology selectively attributes violence to religion only in the Muslim case. #corroborates (0.93) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 354
• Only Muslim violence is read as caused by the perpetrators’ religion #corroborates (0.92) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 366
• Christianity’s violent past is never generalized into an inherent predisposition. #corroborates (0.90)
• Violence by Western actors is never blamed on Christianity or Western culture #corroborates (0.85) — Edward W. Said, Covering Islam, 119
• Criticizing specific Muslim practices is not Islamophobia unless it generalizes to all Muslims #qualifies (0.78) — Erik Bleich, What Is Islamophobia and How Much Is…, 27
• State violence against civilians is never categorized as terrorism #corroborates (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 401