Even the most pro-Muslim Democratic response was a tepid rights defense, not anti-racism

Evidence

Muslim American organizations attempt to refute the claim that Islam is incompatible with American values, thereby accepting Islamophobia’s racialized frame. Instead of confronting the racial-religious hierarchy that imposes on Muslims the burden of proving that their religion is not violent, antidemocratic, or illiberal, these mainstream Muslim organizations accommodate it. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1049 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Democratic leadership offered at most a tepid defense of Muslim religious freedom — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 660; Defensive Muslim groups accommodate rather than confront the racist frame imposed on them — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 1049; Liberal defenses of Muslims framed Islamophobia as intolerance, not empire-linked racism

Broader Connections

• Liberal defenses of Muslims framed Islamophobia as intolerance, not empire-linked racism #expands (0.90)
• Defensive Muslim groups accommodate rather than confront the racist frame imposed on them #complicates (0.85) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1049