Liberal Islamophobia rejects blatant rhetoric while instituting the same Muslim racialization policies

Evidence

This is the modus operandi of liberal Islamophobia: to roundly reject Islam-bashing—and then proceed to institute proposals that target and racialize Muslims. When representative Peter King held his McCarthy-style hearings in March 2011 to determine the extent of Muslim radicalization in the United States, he was rightly criticized by liberals. However, that August, when Obama institutionalized this process through his “counter-radicalization” strategy, there was silence. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 622

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• DEFINE: Distills the book’s recurring ‘liberal Islamophobia’ concept down to its operative formula: rhetorical rejection of the Right’s Islam-bashing coupled with substance that targets Muslims.
• XREF: Tightest statement of liberal Islamophobia, tying together many scattered chapter claims (King hearings condemned by liberals, Obama radicalization strategy silent).

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• Liberal Islamophobia condemns Islam-bashing while championing programs that target Muslims (similarity 0.87)
• Liberal pundits combined progressive values with vehement anti-Muslim views. (similarity 0.84)
• Liberal Islamophobia is racist and imperialist despite its gentler rhetoric (similarity 0.83)
• The reviewer calls ‘somewhat more provocative, and problematic’ the second half of Kumar’s argument that US Islamophobia is a joint project between conservatives and liberals. (similarity 0.82)
• Conservative and liberal Islamophobia are both forms of imperial racism. (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia spans the political spectrum and is embedded in empire’s infrastructure (similarity 0.82)
• Combating Islamophobia means opposing bigotry, not idealizing Muslims (similarity 0.81)
• Liberal Islamophobia under Obama worsened conditions for Muslims at home and abroad (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia operates as entrenched American race politics producing anti-Muslim racism (similarity 0.81)
• Obama legitimated anti-Muslim sentiment by emphasizing his Christianity rather than rebutting it. (similarity 0.81)
• Counterterrorism rhetoric masks an offensive campaign against Muslims. (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice (similarity 0.81)