Islamophobia is powered by the overlap of Muslims being both inside and outside

Evidence

If we persist in portraying Islamophobia as an irrational force of misperception—the bad citizen’s response to the bad Muslim—we will render ourselves oblivious to Islamophobia’s ultimate causes, which are not simply ignorance or xenophobia. Pastor Terry Jones is rightly criticized for both, but he has never invaded and occupied an independent (Muslim-majority) nation-state, authorized the torture of (Muslim) alien combatants held in secret prisons, killed hundreds of innocent (Muslim) people in unmanned drone attacks, propped up (Muslim) dictators against the will of their (Muslim) subjects, and given orders to detain, deport, and assassinate (Muslim) terror suspects without trial. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 706 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Islam’s public visibility in Europe challenges secular assumptions that govern public life — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 342; Race and religion are inextricably intertwined in Islamophobic discourse. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 104; Jews and Muslims occupied a shared proximity-distancing position in Christian self-definition (+24 more)

Related

• Islamophobia is a largely unwarranted social anxiety about Islam and Muslims (similarity 0.90)
• Islamophobia has material and political causes beyond ignorance or xenophobia (similarity 0.90)
• Islamophobia operates as ambient background noise masking concrete injustices (similarity 0.89)
• Capital instrumentalizes Islamophobia rather than being driven by it (similarity 0.87)
• Islamophobia is driven by state violence rather than mere ignorance (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia stems from nationalism’s ambiguities rather than fear of Islam (similarity 0.85)
• American Islamophobia positioned Muslims as a wholly external other unlike domestic religious minorities (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobes are inside the establishment, not outside it (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobia predates organized networks and serves structural functions across the political spectrum (similarity 0.83)
• Islamophobia includes a latent assumption of Muslim cultural inferiority to the secular West. (similarity 0.83)
• Muslims are positioned as an external threat against America’s internal enemies. (similarity 0.83)
• Islamophobia may target Islamic doctrine and Muslims separately or together (similarity 0.83)
• The overlap of legal citizenship and perceived foreignness fuels Islamophobia’s missionary zeal. (similarity 0.83)
• Inside-outside overlap from citizenship drives Islamophobia’s missionary zeal (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia has material and political causes beyond ignorance or xenophobia #complicates (0.40) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 706
• Islamophobia worldwide shares the core link between Islam and terrorism #contradicts (0.30)