Proximity converted a remote global Muslim threat into a domestic one

Evidence

The main and immensely significant difference however was that whilst on the global stage the perceived threat remained conceptually remote, in the British setting that conceptual – and critical – distance had been eradicated. Because of this, that same threat was now perceived to be much closer and far more real and by consequence, far more dangerous. Critical distance had been eradicated and Muslims – and all that this meant whether perceived or actual – were now closer than they had ever been throughout history. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 236 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Islam’s proximity and shared sacred geography made it a unique spiritual threat to Europe.; Foreign policy is converted into potentially domestic business by secret police networks abroad; Domesticating the Muslim threat made it feel closer and more dangerous — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 236 (+6 more)

Related

• Domesticating the Muslim threat made it feel closer and more dangerous (similarity 0.92)
• Islam symbolized lasting trauma and danger, so its representation tamed it for Europe (similarity 0.84)
• Islam’s proximity and shared sacred geography made it a unique spiritual threat to Europe. (similarity 0.82)
• Migration and global media collapsed the conceptual distance separating Europeans from Muslims (similarity 0.82)
• 1989 marked the first time Muslims threatened the West from within and without (similarity 0.80)
• A worldwide Muslim threat narrative came to frame British perceptions (similarity 0.80)
• Media mapping equates imagined Muslims with physical proximity to the West (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Domesticating the Muslim threat made it feel closer and more dangerous #corroborates (0.95) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 236
• Islamophobia is powered by the overlap of Muslims being both inside and outside #expands (0.85)
• A worldwide Muslim threat narrative came to frame British perceptions #expands (0.82)
• CVE shifted counterterrorism focus from foreign groups to homegrown Muslims. #exemplifies (0.78) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 363