Constitutional violations are deemed acceptable when targeting Islam or Muslims.

Evidence

While this legislation conflicts with the First Amendment’s principle of separating church and state and preventing the states from meddling in the religious affairs of their citizenry, the ferocity of Islamophobia in America today, at both the federal and state levels, reveals that there is always an Islamophobic exception: violating core constitutional principles is deemed justifiable or permissible as long as the target is Islam or Muslims. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 310

Categorization

• DEFINE: This names the ‘Islamophobic exception’ mechanism — a key part of the book’s working vocabulary.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 310
• XREF: connects to: Routine Muslim religious practice is legally treated as evidence of terrorist predisposition — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 463; Terrorist designations function as tools to criminalize Muslim civic participation. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 665; Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 282 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Muslim bodies are treated as potential terrorists until proven otherwise #corroborates (0.70) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 282
• Formal legal equality coexists with justified second-class treatment for Muslims. #corroborates (0.70)
• State-sponsored Islamophobia enforces the presumption linking Muslims to terrorism. #expands (0.70)
• Muslims are presumed guilty until proven innocent in US enforcement #corroborates (0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 448
• Courts legitimize treating an entire religious community as suspicious #corroborates (0.70)
• Routine Muslim religious practice is legally treated as evidence of terrorist predisposition #corroborates (0.60) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 463
• Terrorist designations function as tools to criminalize Muslim civic participation. #corroborates (0.60) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 665
• Legitimacy can be derived from constitutional practices rather than from justifications. #expands (0.60) — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 15
• Anti-Shari’a state laws use neutral wording to target Muslims specifically. #corroborates (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 309
• Surveillance justified by religious identity constitutes racialization of Muslims #corroborates (0.60)
• War on terror justice neutralizes the rule of law in the name of security #corroborates (0.60)
• Terrorism and extremism are treated as exclusive to Islam #corroborates (0.50)