Indian Muslims frame Islamophobia as a newly contracted national disease
Evidence
Under Modi and the BJP, Islamophobia is far more than an epicenter of global Islamophobia; it is a laboratory for one of its most virulent strands. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 485 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Islamophobia is no longer a term uttered exclusively by academics in ivory towers, or a word that only comes out the mouths of Muslim American activists and advocates. It has been featured on the Twitter timelines of Jewish and Christian college students, discussed by young politicians rising in response to the hate coming from Trump and those following in his footsteps, and the frequent topic of news headlines and opinion pieces featured in the Washington Post and the New York Times. Islamophobia has fully arrived, as has the consciousness around it and the will to combat it, marshaled on street corners, social media platforms, college and university campuses, in airports, and in public and private spaces in between and beyond. A new crop of Muslim American leaders, the majority of them women, is taking charge of the broader campaign to counter Islamophobia. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 502 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: America’s War on Terror exported Islamophobic framing that empowered India’s BJP; Modi’s India serves as a laboratory for virulent Islamophobia — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 485; Islamophobia stems from nationalism’s ambiguities rather than fear of Islam (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Modi’s India serves as a laboratory for virulent Islamophobia
#corroborates(0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 485 - Islamophobia stems from nationalism’s ambiguities rather than fear of Islam
#contradicts(0.30) - Islamophobia springs from citizenship ambiguities rather than fear of Islam itself
#contradicts(0.30) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 716 - Islamophobia has moved from academic usage into mainstream national discourse.
#expands(0.30) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 502