Islam-terror association embedded in national security laws changed Muslims’ experiences
Evidence
South Asian Muslim immigrants and their offspring have historically been denied complete access to an American identity (Kibria 1998; Purkayastha 2005; Dhingra 2007), but because the association of Islam with terror has been structured into laws and policies that dealt with national security after 9/11, their experiences changed. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 20
Categorization
- QUESTION: This is where the religion-vs-race distinction begins — is the claim that the structural embedding is what racializes, rather than phenotype?
- recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
- XREF: connects to: The state perpetuates Islam-violence associations to justify expanding its authority; Structural Islamophobia operates through laws and policies that presume Muslims threaten national security — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 123; The War on Terror made the words Muslim and terrorism virtually synonymous — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 935 (+14 more)
Broader Connections
- Islamophobia is transmitted through state-polity dialogue via law and rhetoric
#expands(0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 83 - Islamophobia worldwide shares the core link between Islam and terrorism
#corroborates(0.80) - State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies
#expands(0.80) - Clash of civilizations framing located terrorism’s cause within Islam itself
#corroborates(0.70) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 266 - Structural Islamophobia triggered a second wave of private Islamophobia
#expands(0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 291 - Each terrorist attack resets Muslims into heightened suspicion and surveillance
#exemplifies(0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 666 - Islamophobia adapts to each society’s own governing concerns
#qualifies(0.50)