Refusing to name white nationalists while condemning Muslims weaponizes Islamophobia

Evidence

Donald Trump also once famously said that “anyone who cannot name our enemy is not fit to lead this country.” In light of his statements giving white supremacists a free pass for their terrorism—by explicitly refusing to name them—there’s compelling evidence that he has helped weaponize Islamophobia. By only condemning dark-skinned people and people with minority religions, and by failing to publicly condemn the right-wing racists who terrorize our fellow Americans more and more each year, he has only added fuel to the fire. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 229

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘naming the enemy’ inversion directly parallels Beydoun’s and Kumar’s arguments about who gets granted (and denied) the terrorism label. — connects to: White nationalists frame secularism as a moral decay that weakens Europe against Islam — Margaret Hodson, Baby Jihad, 52; Fighting Islamophobia need not stifle legitimate criticism of Muslims — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 696; Refusing to narrate Muslim experience can itself constitute latent Islamophobia — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 379 (+5 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 229

Related

• Terrorism is a racial construct that excludes white freedom fighters (similarity 0.83)
• Trump’s Muslim ban escalated Islamophobia to overt racial-nationalist action (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Liberal Islamophobia rejects Islam-bashing while enacting policies that target Muslims #corroborates (0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 583
• Refusing to narrate Muslim experience can itself constitute latent Islamophobia #expands (0.65) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 379
• Fighting Islamophobia need not stifle legitimate criticism of Muslims #qualifies (0.60) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 696
• An ethnic minority identity invites questions while a Muslim identity invites hostile expulsion #responds-to (0.50)