Guilt-by-association is the bedrock principle of professional Islamophobia

Evidence

In the piece, she associates plans to build the center with Islamic terrorism, employing the guilt-by-association principle that serves as the bedrock of Islamophobia: “Islamic jihad took down those buildings when they attacked, destroyed and murdered 3,000 people in an act of conquest and Islamic supremacism. What better way to mark your territory than to plant a giant mosque on the still-barren land of the World Trade Center? Sort of a giant victory lap. Any decent American, Muslim or otherwise, wouldn’t dream of such an insult.” Despite the fact that the developer and organization behind the proposed center had no ties to al-Qaeda or extremist forms of Islam, Geller connects them to the 9/11 attacks without hesitation. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 444

Categorization

• XREF: The guilt-by-association mechanism is the engine by which the Park51 controversy spread — ties to the reader’s causal chain question about how fear accumulates. — connects to: Professional Islamophobia is a career path of deliberately manufacturing anti-Muslim fear — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 435; Professional Islamophobia is defined by overt demonization and career incentives for provocation — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 492; A presumption of guilt until proven innocent defines Islamophobia — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 281 (+7 more)
• SEED: Angle: how a single 2010 blog post created a four-year national controversy — the mechanism of manufactured fear given a concrete case study.

Broader Connections

• Professional Islamophobia is a career path of deliberately manufacturing anti-Muslim fear #corroborates (0.75) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 435
• Monolithic Islam assumptions enable guilt-by-association targeting #expands (0.70) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 55
• Islamophobia operates by reducing Muslims to a monolithic bloc #expands (0.65) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 433
• Professional Islamophobia is defined by overt demonization and career incentives for provocation #corroborates (0.60) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 492
• Islamophobia’s core harm is essentializing all Muslims as enemies, not fear itself #corroborates (0.60)
• A presumption of guilt until proven innocent defines Islamophobia #responds-to (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 281
• The Islamophobia that structures academia also intrudes into mosque conversion guidance #exemplifies (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 73