Imperial violence is projected onto Muslims to appear proportionate

Evidence

The racist and imperialist violence upon which US-led capitalism depends cannot be acknowledged in liberal society so it is transferred onto the personality of the Muslim and seen as emanating from “outside” the social order. Imperial violence is then only ever a proportionate response to the inherently aggressive and threatening nature of the fanatical Muslim enemy. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 355

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: This is the load-bearing causal claim that representation-based fixes cannot touch: unacknowledgeable imperial violence is transferred onto the enemy’s personality, making every counter-violence read as proportionate response.
• XREF: Feeds directly into the MOC thread ‘What Actually Breaks the Loop’ — explains why contesting representations of Muslims cannot dismantle a movement whose logic is exculpating internal violence. — connects to: The Islam-is-violent frame deflects attention from empire’s violence — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 345; Imperial violence is recast as proportionate response to an inherently aggressive Muslim enemy.; Liberal societies displace their imperial violence onto Muslims’ supposed inherent nature. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 355 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Imperial violence is recast as proportionate response to an inherently aggressive Muslim enemy. #corroborates (1.00)
• Liberal societies displace their imperial violence onto Muslims’ supposed inherent nature. #corroborates (0.92) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 355
• Muslims are racialized by reframing their religion as a violent ideology. #expands (0.85)
• Radicalization theories justify treating Muslims as an imperial scapegoat class #expands (0.80)
• Islam has had more violent intercivilizational conflicts than other civilizations #contradicts (0.72) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 1358