Christians’ misdeeds are individualized while Muslims’ are group-level threats

Evidence

Muslims’ racialized identities are in stark contrast to Americans’ association of Christianity with peace, civilization, charity, and forgiveness, notwithstanding a historical record of violence in the name of Christianity. That Christianity is treated as normal and Islam as aberrant causes wayward Christians to be treated as individuals while Muslims’ wrongdoings represent the threat of the entire group. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 185 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

To put the difference starkly, if al-Qaeda launches violent attacks against Western targets, some might conclude that this is due to an inherent quality in Islam and that, by extension, all Muslims are prone to violence because all Muslims are fundamentally the same. By contrast, when Anders Breivik, a self-identified Norwegian Christian, went on a killing rampage in and near Oslo in July 2011, Christianity and Christians as a whole were not implicated in his crimes. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 54 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christian violence is individualized while Muslim violence is collectivized. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 185; Violence by one Muslim is generalized to all while Christian violence is not — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 54

Broader Connections

• Christian violence is individualized while Muslim violence is collectivized. #corroborates (1.00) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 185
• Violence by one Muslim is generalized to all while Christian violence is not #corroborates (1.00) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 54