Covert policies couched as counterterrorism provoked no protest while overt anti-Muslim rhetoric did.

Evidence

The law, on its face, aimed to “deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, [and] provide for an effective death penalty” for culprits of terrorism. However, its enforcement disproportionately targeted Middle Eastern and Muslim subjects, the very same demographic Connie Chung, the media at large, and most Americans presumed to be terrorists. The vast majority of designated foreign terrorist groups were of a Muslim character or based in the Middle East. Muslim Americans who traveled back to their homelands, sent remittances to support family members, or were involved with religious or political organizations found themselves being profiled or suspected of “abetting terrorism,” while immigrants were viewed with heightened suspicion. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 259 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Counterterrorism rhetoric masks an offensive campaign against Muslims.; Covert framing of Muslim surveillance as anti-terrorism suppressed public protest; Liberal containment of Islamophobia serves counterinsurgency strategy, not tolerance — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 574 (+1 more)

Related

• Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act enforcement targeted Muslims despite neutral wording. (similarity 0.83)
• Counterterrorism rhetoric masks an offensive campaign against Muslims. (similarity 0.83)
• Counter-terrorism policy forced Muslim groups into complicity or exclusion. (similarity 0.82)
• Anti-Muslim surveillance drew no protest when framed as anti-terrorism (similarity 0.81)
• Liberal containment of Islamophobia serves counterinsurgency strategy, not tolerance (similarity 0.80)
• Antiterrorism frames enemies as aberrant individuals rather than political claimants. (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobic power can deploy oppositional tactics to advance Muslim marginalization (similarity 0.79)
• Muslims are positioned as an external threat against America’s internal enemies. (similarity 0.79)
• Obama’s rhetoric masked drone strikes and mosque surveillance. (similarity 0.79)
• Anti-terror safety demands are displaced onto Muslims disproportionately (similarity 0.79)
• Covert framing of Muslim surveillance as anti-terrorism suppressed public protest (similarity 0.79)
• US counterterrorism agencies divide over whether Islam causes radicalization or merely justifies it (similarity 0.79)
• Obama’s counter-radicalization strategy turned Muslim communities into informants (similarity 0.78)
• CVE shifted counterterrorism focus from foreign groups to homegrown Muslims. (similarity 0.78)
• Symbolic incorporation of Muslims masks state surveillance and suspicion of them. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Counterterrorism rhetoric masks an offensive campaign against Muslims. #corroborates (0.90)
• Covert framing of Muslim surveillance as anti-terrorism suppressed public protest #expands (0.85)
• Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act enforcement targeted Muslims despite neutral wording. #exemplifies (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 259
• Liberal containment of Islamophobia serves counterinsurgency strategy, not tolerance #qualifies (0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 574