Political Islam framing is debated among US foreign policy elites of both parties

Evidence

In 2020, these divergent sources of information, which disagreed on almost everything else, found common ground with regard to Islam—namely, in their disdain for it and its adherents. Islamophobia was a bipartisan commitment that spilled across the political spectrum. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 361 (#expands, via linked claim)

Islamophobia lifted Harris, Hirsi Ali, Ben Shapiro, and their ideological allies to new levels of acclaim. They dismissed Islamophobia as a “myth,” a Trojan horse used by Muslim civic organizations to push extremist agendas while “masquerading as a human rights organization.” Although self-styled “progressives,” Harris, Hirsi Ali, and those who shared their views discounted the suffering inflicted upon Muslims by the American War on Terror, or dismissed the gravity of the new crusades it fed. Islamophobia served as an ideological meeting point for pundits with disparate ideologies. For instance, right-wing pundits like Jordan Peterson found rare agreement with the likes of Bill Maher, who similarly delivered “messages to Muslims” that claimed that the struggles of its adherents came exclusively from within the faith, its scripture, and its sectarian fault lines. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 317 (#expands, via linked claim)

While the Republican Party, particularly with Trump’s ascent, became the party of blatant and explicit political Islamophobia, the Democratic Party under President Obama stood as the party of expanding structural Islamophobic policy and programming. The latter, mirroring Obama’s masterful speech at the mosque in Baltimore, used benign and gracious language toward Muslims to enlist them as informants in programming that invites great dangers into Muslim American communities. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 327 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Foreign policy elites across camps share the aim of US hegemony — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 461; The clash-of-civilizations thesis was bipartisan in US policy circles; Islamophobia spans the American political spectrum. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 361 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia spans the American political spectrum. #expands (0.78) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 361
• Islamophobia unites pundits across the political spectrum as an ideological meeting point #expands (0.78) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 317
• Democratic and Republican parties practice different but complementary forms of Islamophobia #expands (0.74) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 327
• Party affiliation and religiosity predict American suspicion of Muslims #expands (0.72) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 828