Islam shifted to the center of anti-terrorism discourse by 1984

Evidence

This changed at the second International Conference on Terrorism (ICT), held in 1984 in Washington, DC. During his opening remarks, Netanyahu stated that “modern terrorism has its roots in two movements that have assumed international prominence in the second half of the twentieth century, communist totalitarianism and Islamic (and Arab) radicalism.” By this stage, Iran had come to be a thorn in Israel’s side with its support for Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Arab radicalism was bracketed while Islamism took center stage. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 397

Categorization

• XREF: This is the pivot where Arab radicalism gets displaced by Islamism, tracking the reader’s guiding question about Islam and Zionism. — connects to: Terrorism and extremism are treated as exclusive to Islam; Clash of civilizations framing located terrorism’s cause within Islam itself — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 266; Islamophobia worldwide shares the core link between Islam and terrorism (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Clash of civilizations framing located terrorism’s cause within Islam itself #expands (0.60) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 266
• Islamophobia worldwide shares the core link between Islam and terrorism #corroborates (0.55)
• Political grievances drive terrorism more than religious ideology does #contradicts (0.40) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 284