Islamophobia operates through spatial policing that restricts Muslim movement and daily life

Evidence

However, if, as I am arguing, we need to think more broadly about the legitimizing frames of thought that allow Muslims to be “Othered” in a whole variety of ways—through pathologization, traditions of “common sense,” or ways of reading texts—we can extend our field of study. We ought also to consider the practical impact of such Othering: the way that day-to-day life can be constrained and opportunity restricted. For instance, Muslims can be victims of discrimination in spatial terms. The widespread securitization of nations and populations that took place after the 9/11 attacks had Muslims firmly in its sights. From restrictions on movements at border checkpoints and on transport systems to surveillance and limitations on Muslims within nations, Islamophobia finds one of its most effective vehicles in the policing of Muslims through space. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 263

When we think about Islamophobia, we tend to envisage direct hostility to Muslims, their belief systems, and their culture that might lead on to discrimination or violence. It may be practiced through prejudicial statements or direct physical harassment. However, if, as I am arguing, we need to think more broadly about the legitimizing frames of thought that allow Muslims to be “Othered” in a whole variety of ways—through pathologization, traditions of “common sense,” or ways of reading texts—we can extend our field of study. We ought also to consider the practical impact of such Othering: the way that day-to-day life can be constrained and opportunity restricted. For instance, Muslims can be victims of discrimination in spatial terms. The widespread securitization of nations and populations that took place after the 9/11 attacks had Muslims firmly in its sights. From restrictions on movements at border checkpoints and on transport systems to surveillance and limitations on Muslims within nations, Islamophobia finds one of its most effective vehicles in the policing of Muslims through space. President Trump’s infamous ban on travelers to the United States from some predominantly Muslim countries, coupled with other Islamophobic moves in the name of homeland security, reflect the policing of Muslim bodies in space. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 263

Categorization

• DEFINE: Extends the definition of Islamophobia beyond hostility/violence to include spatial constraints and ‘legitimizing frames of thought’ — a key move for the reader’s hinge argument.
• XREF: Connects to Naqvi’s Home Boy, whose title character’s mobility and urban spaces are precisely what post-9/11 policing constrains. — connects to: Law enforcement agencies operationalize the ideology that Islam is inherently violent; Official counterterrorism policy creates the terrain from which far-right Islamophobia grows — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 737
• ADDENDUM: The ‘policing of bodies in space’ framework could enrich the ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ piece’s point about dress as embodied control — here bodily control is literalized through space.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 263