Imaginary dehumanization of Muslims links to real violence against them

Evidence

The crimes of Abu Ghraib are not the sole result of its architects, however. Through the archive of monsters presented here, we know that Muslim men have often been the subject of a kind of imaginary dehumanization. But what exactly is the link between these phantasms and real Muslim bodies? This is a question I hope to answer here. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 747

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Lynch mobs justify murder by merging contemporary Muslims with mythic demons — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 1204; Assimilation was rendered suspect as a mask for latent Muslim violence — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 608; Dehumanization of targeted groups makes violence against them seem reasonable. (+1 more)