Domesticating the Muslim threat made it feel closer and more dangerous

Evidence

The main and immensely significant difference however was that whilst on the global stage the perceived threat remained conceptually remote, in the British setting that conceptual – and critical – distance had been eradicated. Because of this, that same threat was now perceived to be much closer and far more real and by consequence, far more dangerous. Critical distance had been eradicated and Muslims – and all that this meant whether perceived or actual – were now closer than they had ever been throughout history. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 236

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Islam symbolized lasting trauma and danger, so its representation tamed it for Europe; Proximity converted a remote global Muslim threat into a domestic one; 1989 marked the first time Muslims threatened the West from within and without — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 234 (+9 more)

Related

• Proximity converted a remote global Muslim threat into a domestic one (similarity 0.92)
• Islam symbolized lasting trauma and danger, so its representation tamed it for Europe (similarity 0.87)
• A worldwide Muslim threat narrative came to frame British perceptions (similarity 0.84)
• The Muslim threat was framed as infesting Britain’s body and values (similarity 0.83)
• 1989 marked the first time Muslims threatened the West from within and without (similarity 0.82)
• The image of Muslims shifted with military threat, not with religion per se (similarity 0.80)
• The radicalized Muslim threat narrative is a fear instrument rather than a safety measure (similarity 0.80)
• Televised Tehran hostage images brought the conceptual threat of Islam into Western homes (similarity 0.79)
• Migration and global media collapsed the conceptual distance separating Europeans from Muslims (similarity 0.79)
• Domestic war on terror functions as a manufactured spectacle of fear rather than safety (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobia is one of several challenges British Muslims confront. (similarity 0.79)
• Suspicion of Britain’s Muslims predates modern biological racism (similarity 0.79)
• Anti-terror and immigration policies become conflated in framing Muslims as foreign enemies (similarity 0.79)
• The Cold War’s end left Islam and the West mutually perceived threats (similarity 0.78)
• Islam-terror association embedded in national security laws changed Muslims’ experiences (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Islam-terror association embedded in national security laws changed Muslims’ experiences #corroborates (0.80) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 20
• The image of Muslims shifted with military threat, not with religion per se #expands (0.78) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 95
• State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies #expands (0.78)
• The Muslim threat was framed as infesting Britain’s body and values #expands (0.78) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 237
• A worldwide Muslim threat narrative came to frame British perceptions #expands (0.75)
• Domestic war on terror functions as a manufactured spectacle of fear rather than safety #complicates (0.72) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 484