Opposition to a Tennessee mosque escalated from graffiti to arson and boycott
Evidence
In 2010, the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro placed a sign on its property that read “Future Home of the ICM.” Shortly after, a spraypainted message appeared over it that read: “Not Welcome.” Several hundred people rallied in Murfreesboro against the mosque, holding signs that read: “Mosque leaders support killing converts.” Construction vehicles were set on fire and construction companies refused to work with the mosque because of the controversy. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 506
Categorization
- CANDY: The ‘Not Welcome’ spraypaint over ‘Future Home of the ICM’ is a compact, telling image of exclusion — quotable in an elevator.
- SHARE: The bacon-left-at-the-center and ‘killing converts’ placard details would land hard for someone tracking the ICM case specifically.
- XREF: connects to: A Tennessee mosque faced mobs, arson, boycotts, and vandalism over seven years.; Tea Party and religious right organized arson against mosque construction — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 552; Murfreesboro mosque builders endured arson, vandalism, and industry blacklisting — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 506 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- A Tennessee mosque faced mobs, arson, boycotts, and vandalism over seven years.
#expands(0.95) - Murfreesboro mosque builders endured arson, vandalism, and industry blacklisting
#exemplifies(0.95) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 506 - Tea Party and religious right organized arson against mosque construction
#complicates(0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 552 - Anti-mosque activism parallels suburban resistance to racialized public housing
#complicates(0.90) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 493 - Christian groups have shown anti-Muslim prejudice over mosque buildings
#complicates(0.90) — Runnymede Trust, Islamophobia, 1 - Opponents and defenders alike equated a mosque with a white supremacist organization
#complicates(0.90) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 415 - Tennessee officials equated a mosque with the KKK while institutionalizing the actual Klan.
#complicates(0.85) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 415 - Anti-mosque opposition recasts Islam as a political movement to deny First Amendment protection
#complicates(0.85) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 28