Judeo-Christian norms fluctuate with geopolitics and reshape who counts as a dissident

Evidence

Whether a particular Muslim is treated as a (nondissident) Religious Racial Muslim or (nondissident) Secular Racial Muslim by the government or private actors is determined by mainstream Judeo-Christian norms, which fluctuate over time depending on domestic and international developments. Put another way, I am not making claims as to what Islam really is or what a Muslim actually believes but rather what the US government and the American public perceive Islam and Muslims to be—which can be dispositive in the racialization of Muslim identity. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 92