COVID compounded state violence against Delhi’s Muslims

Evidence

Moments of national mourning, particularly after a terror attack committed by Muslims or individuals perceived as outsiders, also spark a desire to exact revenge and perpetrate violence against anybody and everybody perceived to be Muslim, or more generally, not American. This mass anger, typically enforced through acts of vigilante violence directed at innocents, is also often endorsed and emboldened by formal policy that deems Muslims to be suspicious and to be members of a faith that ties them to the terror acts. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 134 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: A pogrom against Muslims unfolded in New Delhi while Trump and Modi met — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 191; Hindu extremists blamed India’s COVID outbreak on its Muslim community — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 457; All 200 million Indian Muslims were scapegoated as COVID spreaders (+6 more)

Related

• India’s COVID-19 outbreak was weaponized against Muslims through state and mob violence. (similarity 0.87)
• Hindu extremists blamed India’s COVID outbreak on its Muslim community (similarity 0.86)
• Indian Muslims fear state-driven Islamophobia more than the pandemic itself. (similarity 0.84)
• India’s Muslim minority was scapegoated by Hindu extremists for the domestic outbreak of COVID-19 (similarity 0.84)
• A pogrom against Muslims unfolded in New Delhi while Trump and Modi met (similarity 0.83)
• COVID lockdowns doubled as Muslim protection from state-tolerated violence (similarity 0.83)
• COVID-19 in India was blamed on all 200 million Muslims nationwide (similarity 0.83)
• Hindu mobs boycotted Muslim businesses over fake COVID infection claims (similarity 0.83)
• Delhi Muslims faced new Islamophobic forms on top of recent massacres (similarity 0.82)
• Delhi’s 2020 anti-Muslim mob violence killed over fifty-three people (similarity 0.82)
• Indian Islamophobia constitutes a more immediate lethal threat to Muslims than the pandemic does (similarity 0.81)
• Pandemic scapegoating escalated from media smears to physical violence and economic boycotts (similarity 0.81)
• Hindutva nationalists dubbed COVID-19 ‘Corona Jihad’ online (similarity 0.79)
• Terror attacks spark vigilante violence against perceived Muslims endorsed by state policy (similarity 0.79)
• Indian Muslims fear Hindutva mobs more than the coronavirus (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Indian Islamophobia constitutes a more immediate lethal threat to Muslims than the pandemic does #complicates (0.60)
• The pandemic generated new Islamophobic scapegoating across countries #expands (0.60)
• Terror attacks spark vigilante violence against perceived Muslims endorsed by state policy #corroborates (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 134
• Support of Muslims during crises doubles as repressive behavioral control of them #contradicts (0.45)