Manufacturing Muslim enemies serves U.S. state formation and empire.

Evidence

I argue that the Islamophobia network, which consists of various groups including sections of the neocon camp, Zionists, the Christian Right, and various “ex-Muslims,” are not a fringe minority as some have insisted, but rather part and parcel of the structures of US empire. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 89 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: American counterterrorism doctrine traveled to distant Muslim regions as empire — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 143; The American War on Terror supplied other states a template for persecuting Muslims. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 68; Muslims are positioned as an external threat against America’s internal enemies. (+15 more)

Broader Connections

• Empire produces anti-Muslim racism which in turn sustains empire #corroborates (0.93)
• Islamophobia networks are structurally integral to US empire #corroborates (0.92) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 89
• The US once allied with Islamist forces before treating them as enemies #complicates (0.80)
• US administrations used symbolic inclusion of Islam to recruit Muslims into state interests. #complicates (0.78)