Fraudulent ex-Muslim converts positioned American Christians as victims to justify violence

Evidence

The popularity of these “ex-Muslim terrorists” casts in stark relief the dynamics of an evangelical politics of fear. Trafficking in a pornography of violence, these “experts” divulged graphic stories purportedly revealing the sadistic violence of Islam, and in doing so dehumanized Muslims while goading Americans (and especially American Christians) to respond with violence of their own. With books like the not-so-subtly-titled Why We Want to Kill You, they positioned American Christians as victims, thereby justifying an extreme response. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 506

Categorization

• CANDY: A book literally titled Why We Want to Kill You being sold to American Christians is an absurdly quotable detail for conversation.