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