Radicalization theories racialize Muslims by presuming Islam drives them to violence

Evidence

Theories of radicalization that justified various practices of preemptive prosecution were modes of racializing the “Muslim” and turning a diverse group of people into a “race” of people who had to be monitored and disciplined lest they carry out violence. These theories are based on the supposition that “Islam” is a dangerous ideology that drives Muslims to violence. The “Arab terrorist” of the 1960s has evolved into a composite and flexible terrorist figure. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 630

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: how ‘radicalization’ operates as a modern secularized phrenology, classifying whole populations by presumed inner dangerousness.
• ADDENDUM: Supports the ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ article’s theme of how a diverse out-group gets flattened into a single threat category via discourse.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 630
• XREF: connects to: The War on Terror racializes all Muslims as a boundless enemy to justify war — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 540; Cultural racism explains Muslim violence through religion rather than lived circumstances — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 621; Radicalization theory treats Islam as inherently violent like eugenics treated races (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Muslims are racialized by reframing their religion as a violent ideology. #corroborates (0.95)
• Radicalization theory treats Islam as inherently violent like eugenics treated races #corroborates (0.92)
• Muslim male violence is framed as an innate Islamic or racial impulse #corroborates (0.88)
• Radicalization theory reduces all Muslims to presumptive terrorists #exemplifies (0.82) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 138
• Radicalization theories justify treating Muslims as an imperial scapegoat class #expands (0.80)
• Radicalization is theorized as an exclusively Muslim phenomenon #expands (0.78) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 377