Performing good-Muslim status requires denouncing terrorism and flag-waving

Evidence

Principal among “good Muslim” expressions are “denouncing terrorism, supporting the war on terror, and waving the American flag.” See also Mahmood Mamdani, Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror (New York: Harmony, 2004), for an anthropological examination of the genesis of the good versus bad Muslim binary and its global application. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 726

Categorization

• DEFINE: Specifies the concrete performative requirements of the good Muslim category, a central concept in the book.
• XREF: Directly connects to Mamdani’s good/bad Muslim binary, an adjacent source central to the reader’s comparative work. — connects to: Perceived surveillance pressure drives Muslims to preemptively perform anti-terror condemnation — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 623; Muslims must prove extraordinary patriotism before they can claim American identity — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 614; Muslim men self-censor to avoid being associated with terrorism. (+4 more)
• SEED: The checklist of good-Muslim performances is a testable frame for how state demands discipline private religious identity.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 726

Broader Connections

• Perceived surveillance pressure drives Muslims to preemptively perform anti-terror condemnation #corroborates (0.90) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 623
• Muslims must prove extraordinary patriotism before they can claim American identity #expands (0.80) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 614
• Performing Americanness forces Muslims to downplay or conceal their faith #expands (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 343
• Muslim Americans must prove patriotic loyalty before being accepted as American #expands (0.80) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 614
• Muslim men self-censor to avoid being associated with terrorism. #corroborates (0.70)
• Neither denunciation nor privatized tolerance can create genuine Muslim-non-Muslim respect #expands (0.70)