Post-1965 immigrants could practice Islam openly without concealment

Evidence

As historian Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, author of A History of Islam in America, writes, “Thanks to the Civil Rights Movement, … these new Asian and African Muslim immigrants came to the United States [and] did not have to change their names or dissimulate their religion.” — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 199

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts with the earlier racial prerequisite era where applicants argued whiteness precisely by dissimulating religion — a through-line useful for the dialectic chapter the reader is building. — connects to: Muslim men sought to hide religious identity while Muslim women resisted removal — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 611; American Muslims were a model minority before the September 11 attacks — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 598; Self-concealment by fearful Muslims inadvertently advances Islamophobia’s erasure mission — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 540
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 199

Broader Connections

• Muslim men sought to hide religious identity while Muslim women resisted removal #contradicts (0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 611
• Self-concealment by fearful Muslims inadvertently advances Islamophobia’s erasure mission #qualifies (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 540
• American Muslims were a model minority before the September 11 attacks #corroborates (0.40) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 598