Racist narratives of intrinsic Muslim savagery make indefinite detention seem legitimate.

Evidence

The danger is made believable largely through appeal to racist narratives about intrinsically savage, pre-modern Muslims. Under this logic, it is possible to defend the idea that Muslim men must be detained indefinitely and denied due process on the grounds that they may carry within them the seeds of terrorism. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 60

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s work on sacred kingship and how elites justify exceptional violence through dehumanization.
• SEED: Angles toward an essay on how ‘potentiality’ framing (seeds of terrorism) licenses preemptive punishment — parallels preventive detention rhetoric across eras.