North American exclusion of Muslims rests on three allegorical racial figures

Evidence

Sherene Razack (2008, 5) argues that the ”casting out” of Muslims from the North American body politic through the global War on Terror is grounded in three allegorical figures: the dangerous Muslim man, the imperiled Muslim woman, and the civilized European. The civilized European is a figure of white supremacy that encompasses a number of referents. — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 901

Categorization

• DEFINE: Frames three allegorical figures anchoring anti-Muslim governance: dangerous Muslim man, imperiled Muslim woman, civilized European.