Neocon institutions recruited even a disgraced exile as an Islam-critical voice

Evidence

Ayaan Hirsi Ali had a short career in Dutch politics before accepting a position at the neocon-dominated American Enterprise Institute think tank. Ali, who is originally from Somalia, was forced to resign her seat in Parliament after it was revealed that she lied in her application for political asylum in the Netherlands. The neocons welcomed her with open arms, and her book Infidel became a New York Times bestseller for a few weeks. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 702

Categorization

• XREF: Extends Rana’s and Aziz’s mapping of how think-tank circuits institutionalize Muslim-exile critics. — connects to: Neocons recruit non-Western voices to delegitimize Muslim critiques of US policy; Prominent Muslim exiles were absorbed into neoconservative institutions to lend authority to clash-of-civilizations narratives.; Exiled Muslim intellectuals became key voices justifying the war on terror. — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 120 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Neocons recruit Muslim ‘native informers’ to delegitimize Muslim criticism of US policy #expands (0.93) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 676
• Exiled Muslim intellectuals became key voices justifying the war on terror. #expands (0.90) — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 120
• Moderate-sounding exiled writers gain media access and reinforce anti-Muslim racism #corroborates (0.88)
• Neocons needed Islam as a unifying substitute for the USSR enemy #responds-to (0.78)