Obama’s own campaign removed hijab-wearing supporters over optics concerns
Evidence
During his presidential campaigns, the “Obama is a secret Muslim” conspiracy theory had become so politically radioactive that two American Muslim women in Michigan were removed from an Obama event in Detroit by his own Democratic campaign volunteers who were worried about the optics of their hijabs during a group photo. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 698
Categorization
- XREF: A concrete instance of Muslim invisibility at the highest level of Democratic politics, feeding the liberal-Islamophobia thread. — connects to: Liberal Islamophobia under Obama worsened conditions for Muslims at home and abroad — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 436; Muslim American confidence in Obama fell during his first term — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 587
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 698
Related
- Muslim American confidence in Obama fell during his first term (similarity 0.83)
- Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign staff leaked the Obama turban photo to the press (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Liberal Islamophobia under Obama worsened conditions for Muslims at home and abroad
#exemplifies(0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 436 - Muslim American confidence in Obama fell during his first term
#corroborates(0.45) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 587