Liberal inclusion of Muslims is conditional on their consent to the war on terror

Evidence

The Obama administration sought to actively recruit “good Muslims” to the war on terror by enlisting the help of patriotic citizens. He stated that Muslims are “best positioned to take the lead because they know their communities best.” Heaping praise on Muslim Americans who have worked with the law enforcement community, he called for more such work. The document in turn solicited the support of teachers, coaches, and community members, who were to be turned into a McCarthy-type informant system. Liberal Islamophobia sets out to include Muslims to the extent that they give their consent to the war on terror abroad and at home. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 617

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• XREF: Corroborates the ‘good Muslim/bad Muslim’ binary framing in Mahmood Mamdani; directly parallel to Aziz and Rana’s claims already in the vault.
• ADDENDUM: Supports the ‘co-optation of the Muslim community as empire’s partner’ dynamic central to the Islamophobia cluster.

Related

• Liberal Islamophobia recruits Muslims into an informant system in exchange for inclusion. (similarity 0.93)
• Obama’s counter-radicalization strategy turned Muslim communities into informants (similarity 0.82)
• Liberal inclusion of good Muslims is conditional on embracing empire (similarity 0.82)
• Liberal security politics amplified right-wing Islamophobia’s reach and power (similarity 0.81)
• Anti-Muslim racialization is bipartisan and flourished under the Obama administration (similarity 0.80)
• Muslim surveillance thrived under the Obama administration (similarity 0.79)
• Domestic anti-Muslim campaigns needed liberal commentary to reach the mainstream (similarity 0.79)
• America’s War on Terror helped legitimize Modi’s rise. (similarity 0.79)
• Liberal Islamophobia under Obama worsened conditions for Muslims at home and abroad (similarity 0.79)
• Good and bad Muslim designations follow support for US empire (similarity 0.78)
• Liberal Muslim-American leaders were co-opted into rebranding imperial policy (similarity 0.78)
• Liberal Islamophobia is racist and imperialist despite its gentler rhetoric (similarity 0.78)
• Islamophobia spans the political spectrum and is embedded in empire’s infrastructure (similarity 0.78)