Four interconnected groups jointly project the Muslim-enemy image

Evidence

There are four interconnected groups of people who have come together to project the image of a vicious and menacing “Muslim enemy” and to generate fear and hatred. They include members of the neocon camp who have devoted themselves to ferreting out the “Islamic terrorist”; Zionists whose goal of policing criticism of Israel dovetails neatly with the logic of Islamophobia; the Christian Right, which has joined the ranks of the Islamophobic warriors; and a group of former Muslims (and Christians) from the Middle East and South Asia who have profited from Islam-bashing. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 537

Categorization

• DEFINE: Kumar’s structural taxonomy of the Islamophobic network — a framework worth keeping to organize the whole chapter.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 537
• XREF: connects to: Representations of jihad in American film and television are also very relevant to how Americans view jihad and Islam.; Media framing shapes American attitudes toward Islam and jihad — Asena Karipek, Portrayals of Jihad: A Cause of…, 75; West-versus-Islam doubt binaries are projections of scholarly desire (+15 more)

Broader Connections

• State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies #corroborates (0.70)