Liberal Islamophobia recruits Muslims into an informant system in exchange for inclusion.

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

• DEFINE: Defines ‘liberal Islamophobia’ concretely: inclusion conditional on consent to the war on terror.
• XREF: Connects to Foucault’s pastoral power / the docile subject, and to general literature on community policing as surveillance.

Related

• Liberal inclusion of Muslims is conditional on their consent to the war on terror (similarity 0.93)
• Obama’s counter-radicalization strategy turned Muslim communities into informants (similarity 0.83)
• Muslim surveillance thrived under the Obama administration (similarity 0.81)
• Liberal security politics amplified right-wing Islamophobia’s reach and power (similarity 0.80)
• Obama’s counter-radicalization strategy deputized citizens to surveil their own communities (similarity 0.79)
• Liberal inclusive language still frames Muslims only as terror informants (similarity 0.79)
• Obama’s counter-radicalization strategy deputized teachers and community members as informants (similarity 0.78)
• Anti-Muslim racialization is bipartisan and flourished under the Obama administration (similarity 0.78)
• Domestic anti-Muslim campaigns needed liberal commentary to reach the mainstream (similarity 0.78)