Demographic replacement rhetoric targets Muslims as Europe’s version of the browning of America

Evidence

The translation to the United States is not quite exact, but the argument is largely the same. Furthermore, the rhetoric of demographic threat or replacement theory applied to Muslims in Europe mirrors the rhetoric of the browning of America, the increase of Latinx population not only via immigration, but also as a result of a higher birthrate. The concern about anchor babies, large families, and the unwillingness to assimilate are hauntingly familiar to Muslims in the context of Europe. That concern of jihad through replacement, or “immigration-fed population growth,” was also raised by Bill Ketron in support of his anti-sharia bill. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 310

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallels the demographic-anxiety claims in The New Crusades about white anxiety over nonwhite birthrates; connects to my existing notes on scapegoating of out-groups. — connects to: European replacement-theory rhetoric against Muslims mirrors anti-Latinx demographic panic in America — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 310; Eurabia theories predict Muslim demographic takeover of Europe. — Nasar Meer, Racialization and Religion: Race,…, 50; American Islamophobia inherited European tropes but without Europe’s deep historical memory — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 836 (+4 more)
• SHARE: Bill Ketron using ‘jihad through replacement’ rhetoric to justify an anti-sharia bill is a striking specific that a friend into Islamophobia-studies would appreciate.

Broader Connections

• European replacement-theory rhetoric against Muslims mirrors anti-Latinx demographic panic in America #corroborates (0.98) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 310
• I will then consider the demographic factors of fertility rates, age distribution, and migration. Much like conversion, white nationalists view high Muslim fertility rates as a form of jihad.… #expands (0.88)
• Eurabia theories predict Muslim demographic takeover of Europe. #expands (0.82) — Nasar Meer, Racialization and Religion, 50
• Fears of Muslim demographic dominance recycle early twentieth-century nativist rhetoric #expands (0.80) — Matt Carr, You Are Now Entering Eurabia, 78
• Muslims dominate European immigration and resist cultural integration #expands (0.78) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 532
• Eurabia rhetoric recycles older European fears of Muslim conquest #expands (0.76) — Matt Carr, You Are Now Entering Eurabia, 58
• American Islamophobia inherited European tropes but without Europe’s deep historical memory #qualifies (0.74) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 836