Historical contextualization of Muslim violence is dismissed as anti-American

Evidence

‘Pick a Muslim country, any Muslim country, and the most brutal humiliations will grab you by the vitals,’ humiliations particularly of women and girls. … As she moves quickly through Spanish Jewish–Christian relations in Moorish Spain to the Taliban, the history of Muslims confirms Manji’s hypothesis: Muslim brutalities originate in Islam. … To historicize, and to suggest for example that U.S. support for the Taliban effectively destroyed any moderate opposition in Afghanistan, is to blame the United States unfairly. Muslims, Manji declares, have to start being self critical, and the first step they must take is to acknowledge that ‘being self-critical means coming clear about the nasty side of the Koran, and how it informs terrorism.’ — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 233

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: what is the actual scholarly evidence on whether US/contra support for the Taliban actually did destroy moderate Afghan opposition — the claim Manji dismisses?
• XREF: connects to: American Orientalism justifies therapeutic violence against Arabs as civilizing mission — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 235