Monolithic Islam assumptions enable guilt-by-association targeting
Evidence
The assumption that Islam is monolithic easily lends itself to the guilt-by-association principle at work in the campaign to label Obama a Muslim and in much of the Islamophobic discourse one finds in the West. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 55
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Combatant status dilates to cover membership, collaboration, and presumed sympathy — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 481; Guilt-by-association is the bedrock principle of professional Islamophobia — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 444; Perceiving Islam as monolithic and static drives most Islamophobia — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 53 (+9 more)
Broader Connections
- Perceiving Islam as monolithic and static drives most Islamophobia
#corroborates(0.90) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 53 - Suspicion of Muslims is based on association rather than evidence
#corroborates(0.85) - Muslim Americans bear collective guilt for unrelated Muslim terrorists
#exemplifies(0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 346 - A presumption of guilt until proven innocent defines Islamophobia
#corroborates(0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 281 - Muslim male violence is framed as an innate Islamic or racial impulse
#corroborates(0.70) - Authoritarianism and preference for cultural homogeneity drive anti-Muslim stereotypes.
#corroborates(0.60) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 253 - Media and state mutually reinforce Islam-violence associations for distinct functional reasons
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