European replacement-theory rhetoric against Muslims mirrors anti-Latinx demographic panic in America

Evidence

Question” can only be resolved through a similar shedding of religion. Specifically, she notes that the alienness of Muslims can be remedied through the disavowal and repudiation of religion in order to assimilate into the universal polity of equal citizens. This political belonging through assimilation then results in emancipation. 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: Connects directly to the reader’s MOC thread: the ‘browning of America’ versus Muslim-EU replacement rhetoric both target groups with high birthrates plus immigration — exactly the demographic-threat framing whose presence/absence may distinguish American Islam’s fragmented case from unified domestic subordinate groups. — connects to: Muslims cannot assimilate into a polity defined against Islam itself — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 311; Eurabia theories predict Muslim demographic takeover of Europe. — Nasar Meer, Racialization and Religion: Race,…, 50; Religious identity replaced ethnicity as the marker making Muslim Americans seen as anti-American (+4 more)
• ADDENDUM: Demographic panic over ‘replacement via higher birthrate’ resonates with the reader’s existing work on class/identity panics, though not one of the three exact articles.

Broader Connections

• Islamophobic state violence and private bigotry converge on undocumented Latinx Muslim converts #corroborates (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 75
• 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 (0.80)
• Combating anti-Muslim racism requires also fighting anti-Black and anti-Latinx racism #corroborates (0.75) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1047
• Religious identity replaced ethnicity as the marker making Muslim Americans seen as anti-American #complicates (0.70)