Native informants frame Western freedoms as universally liberating versus Islam’s oppressions

Evidence

As a woman in the West I have access to education. I have a job, and I can change jobs as I wish. I can marry the man of my choice, or I can choose not to marry… . I can have an abortion. I can own property. I can travel wherever I want… . I can have an opinion on the moral choices of others and express my opinion, even publish it… . I can choose not to vote. I can stand for election to office or go into business. This is what makes the West so great. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 478

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Native informants leverage insider credibility to justify Western fears of Islam — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 463; Native informants trace Muslim women’s oppression to Islam’s alleged lack of critical thought — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 476; Blaming Islam for oppression omits Western support for repressive regimes (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Western claims that Islam blocks democracy mask Islamophobic motives #exemplifies (0.70) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 299
• Blaming Islam for oppression omits Western support for repressive regimes #complicates (0.65)
• Islamophobia functions as a screen hiding Western geopolitical responsibility #corroborates (0.60) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 513
• Western discourse displaces Muslim threats onto obsessing over women’s clothing #exemplifies (0.60) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 356
• West-versus-Islam doubt binaries are projections of scholarly desire #complicates (0.55)