QAnon linked pandemic mask mandates to Muslim burqa and Sharia takeover

Evidence

An absurd world birthed absurd tales, particularly in relation to a crusade against Muslims that no pandemic or plague could quarantine. I learned from the voices of Muslims already confined by an Islamophobia that preceded, and will outlast, this or any pandemic. They spoke and I listened. They painted portraits with colors so vivid that they changed my outlook on matters I believed I knew well. They shared stories and sentiments that seeped into the pages of this book, and even more deeply, into the diary in my mind. They changed me, profoundly and permanently. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 159 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: QAnon followers fused mask mandates with the burqa as birther-style Islamophobic conspiracy. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 724; The pandemic mask mandate exposed laïcité as thinly veiled Islamophobia — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 730; The pandemic generated new Islamophobic scapegoating across countries (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• The pandemic generated new Islamophobic scapegoating across countries #complicates (0.75)
• The coronavirus pandemic spawned distinctive new Islamophobic practices worldwide #complicates (0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 158
• Pandemic-era Islamophobia sustained and extended preexisting anti-Muslim campaigns #complicates (0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 159
• The pandemic produced new Islamophobic tropes instead of pausing anti-Muslim campaigns #complicates (0.75)