For one prominent pundit, Muslim violence is inherent, not a stress response

Evidence

The most virulent expression of this green scare was articulated by NYU professor Tunku Varadarajan. In a November 2009 Forbes article titled “Going Muslim,” Varadarajan argued that what precipitated the tragedy at Fort Hood was not the racist harassment that Hasan faced in the army or the emotionally debilitating pressure of his job as an overworked army psychiatrist, but rather a condition that he suggests is inherent to all Muslims: the tendency toward violence. He argued that Hasan didn’t “go postal”—that is, break down and become violent (the term became popular after a 1986 shooting by a postal worker). Rather, Varadarajan argued, Hasan was simply enacting, in a cold and calculated manner, the teachings of Islam. He was “going Muslim.” — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 504

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduced term ‘going Muslim’ — a key neologism of the green scare lexicon worth preserving.
• XREF: The biological-cultural racism blend parallels Iftikhar’s argument that anti-Muslim bigotry masquerades as rational critique of ideology. — connects to: Violence by one Muslim is generalized to all while Christian violence is not — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 54; Media coverage of Muslim violence superficially supports an Islam-violence link — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 282; The radicalized Muslim threat narrative is a fear instrument rather than a safety measure — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 32 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Media coverage of Muslim violence superficially supports an Islam-violence link #expands (0.70) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 282
• The radicalized Muslim threat narrative is a fear instrument rather than a safety measure #responds-to (0.60) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 32