International conflict rather than Muslim behavior drives integration anxiety.

Evidence

As our discussion reflects, the obvious problem with measuring Muslim integration is that it quickly becomes a ‘vortex’ issue that sucks in a range of others (Saggar et al. 2012). One of these is, of course, ‘extremism’ or ‘radicalization’. For, despite evidence that Britain’s Muslims are integrated according to conventional measures, international conflict, political violence and shifting national identity are in many respects the real drivers of anxiety over Muslim integration. — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 463

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘vortex’ concept parallels the reader’s noise-silence theme where a single issue pulls in adjacent anxieties; also echoes how Islamophobia is defined relationally by context. — connects to: Radicalization anxieties drive integration discourse despite Muslims being integrated. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 468; Conflict destructive at one level can integrate the larger group — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 280; Islamophobia stems from nationalism’s ambiguities rather than fear of Islam (+4 more)

Related

• Radicalization anxieties drive integration discourse despite Muslims being integrated. (similarity 0.91)
• Muslim self-identification and British misperception drove border conflicts (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobia requires cultural convergence, not separation, to sustain itself (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia flourishes on both the nativist right and among self-proclaimed liberals (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia springs from citizenship ambiguities rather than fear of Islam itself (similarity 0.80)
• The Muslim threat was framed as infesting Britain’s body and values (similarity 0.80)
• UK integration policy redefined Muslim integration as an antidote to extremism (similarity 0.80)
• The clash-of-civilizations lens drives even liberals toward illiberal anti-Muslim policies (similarity 0.79)
• Perceiving Islam as monolithic and static drives most Islamophobia (similarity 0.79)
• Combating Islamophobia requires seeing it as interlaced with xenophobia and classism. (similarity 0.79)
• UK integration discourse shifted from organic integration toward a muscular clash-of-values stance (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobia uniquely fuses nationality, religion, culture, and militarism in ways no other religion faces (similarity 0.79)
• A worldwide Muslim threat narrative came to frame British perceptions (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobia is one of several challenges British Muslims confront. (similarity 0.78)
• UK integration discourse framed Muslims as demographic threats to national existence (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia springs from citizenship ambiguities rather than fear of Islam itself #corroborates (0.90) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 716
• Islamophobia stems from nationalism’s ambiguities rather than fear of Islam #corroborates (0.85)
• Conflict destructive at one level can integrate the larger group #complicates (0.80) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 280
• Muslim self-identification and British misperception drove border conflicts #complicates (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 238
• Islamophobia is a largely unwarranted social anxiety about Islam and Muslims #corroborates (0.70)
• Purpose-driven conflict can be substituted but feeling-driven conflict cannot #qualifies (0.70) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 298