Immigrant Muslims aided the state in delegitimizing black Muslims.

Evidence

Immigrant Muslims and their leaders often delegitimized the Nation of Islam as “non-Muslim” and even “anti-Muslim.” In an ironic twist of fate—or more factually, in an act of political tokenism—the very people American courts deemed unfit for naturalized citizenship were used by the state to delegitimize the religious bona fides of the Nation of Islam and its leadership. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 440

Categorization

• XREF: Directly demonstrates the structural/private dialectic the reader is tracking across Ernst, Selod, and Rana. — connects to: Immigrant labor importation served to discipline Black workers and cut sugar costs; US administrations used symbolic inclusion of Islam to recruit Muslims into state interests.; Non-black Muslims celebrate black Muslims in ways that erase their blackness. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 420 (+4 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 440

Broader Connections

• The state used immigrant Muslims to delegitimize the Nation of Islam. #corroborates (0.95) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 440