Ex-Muslim ‘native informants’ profit by denouncing Islam to Western audiences

Evidence

Another regular feature is the prominence of “native informants,” self-proclaimed Muslims or ex-Muslims (often women) who offer insider denunciations of Islam to eager audiences in best-selling books and lucrative appearances on the lecture circuit. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 50

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the ‘native informant’ as a structural role recruited into Islamophobic discourse — insider status converted into marketable authority.
• XREF: connects to: Media channels reward native-informant Muslims who reproduce imperial Islamophobia; Native-informant Muslim figures preemptively delegitimize Muslim criticism of US policy