Religious, gendered, and racial markers jointly produce a cosynthetic subordinated Islamic identity.

Evidence

There is significant conceptual confusion in trying to accommodate both race (based on visual difference) and religion and their interconnections in a theory of difference. One way to cut through the confusion is to first recognize a theory of the formation of a subject identity through the operation of racism and racecraft. Religious markers, gender and class, and the appearance of difference from whiteness, such as a turban, name, or skin color, come together to create this subordinated cosynthetic identity. However, not all these factors need to be present. Like all racial identities, there will be individual variation, but the theory captures the internal dynamism of the identity. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 100

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the cosynthetic model of Islamicized identity that cuts through the race-versus-religion confusion.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s MOC on identity inversion — this is the mechanism (constructive/conscriptive identity) whose shared-anchor precondition is being tested. — connects to: Intersectionality fails because it assumes race and gender categories stay fixed; Religious identity racializes Arab and South Asian Muslims along shared lines; Religious identity functions as a racial marker within American hierarchies — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 71

Broader Connections

• Religious identity racializes Arab and South Asian Muslims along shared lines #qualifies (0.82)
• Religious identity functions as a racial marker within American hierarchies #expands (0.75) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 71