Muslims face asymmetric demands to condemn violence while barred from grievance

Evidence

When incidents like the Charlie Hebdo happen, I am asked to condemn it and I do condemn it, not only as a Muslim but also as a human being, but when attacks against Muslims happen, no one asks me to condemn it. That is Islamophobia for me and it is very upsetting. … People don’t understand why we are offended. It’s like we are not allowed to be offended. If I said I am offended, I would suffer more Islamophobia. That’s why we stay quiet. — Irene Zempi and Imran Awan, Islamophobia, 215

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: the ‘condemnation tax’ — how the demand for Muslim denunciation functions as a loyalty test that never runs in the other direction.
• XREF: Echoes the ‘good Muslim’ performance requirement in the reader’s prior Islamophobia-and-the-novel notes.