Claims of sacred land ownership secure one group’s dominance over others

Evidence

The second route of territorial politics is sacralizing land. States employ such claims not only for land seizure and territorial expansion, but also for excluding fellow citizens – ethnic, national, or religious groups – on the grounds that the land, as being sacred for the privileged group based on religious scripture, belongs to that group only. Sacralized ownership over land secures the dominance and exclusivity of one group over another. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 120

Categorization

• XREF: Specifies mechanisms of manufactured-enemy solidarity actually serving dominance, relevant to reader’s question of who benefits from threat construction. — connects to: Religion and social status can be sources of power rivaling property — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 846; Subordinate groups can challenge hegemony by invoking the dominant group’s own professed values; Nationalists borrow others’ sacralized land narratives as strategic templates — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 184 (+10 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 3 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Group dominance involves competition for moral hegemony, not just material resources. #expands (0.85) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1502
• Religion and social status can be sources of power rivaling property #corroborates (0.78) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 846
• Subordinate groups can challenge hegemony by invoking the dominant group’s own professed values #complicates (0.75)
• Groups may posture sacred claims that are not deeply held identity commitments #qualifies (0.74) — Scott Atran and Jeremy Ginges, Sacred Values and Cultural Conflict, 85
• Nationalists borrow others’ sacralized land narratives as strategic templates #expands (0.72) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 184