Right-wing politicians stoked a clash-of-civilizations narrative that globally increased Islamophobia.

Evidence

The national—and global—rise in Islamophobia can be credited directly to opportunistic right-wing politicians like Trump who have stoked the “clash of civilizations” narrative to arouse animus and hatred for which there is no good reason. Frustratingly, this is only helping America’s true enemies, and is threatening the freedoms enjoyed by all democratic societies around the world. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 354

Categorization

• XREF: Explicit ‘clash of civilizations’ narrative connects directly to the global-synthesis thesis and to the reader’s New Crusades/XREF cluster — the worldwide-order link the single-nation studies miss. — connects to: The politique des races included campaigns against Muslim religious elites.; Elites mobilized Islamophobia to advance their political agendas across centuries — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 98; European Islamophobia has moved from the far right into the political mainstream. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 480 (+12 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 354

Related

• European Islamophobia has moved from the far right into the political mainstream. (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobia is an empire advanced by a network of governments with distinct crusades (similarity 0.84)
• War on Terror Islamophobia empowered populist demagogues to seize power against Muslims (similarity 0.83)
• Islamophobia spans liberal and conservative mainstreams, not just the fringe right (similarity 0.83)
• Far-right leaders exploit media-built Islamophobic climate to gain power (similarity 0.82)
• The clash of civilizations narrative is a constructed frame, not a given fact (similarity 0.82)
• The clash-of-civilizations lens drives even liberals toward illiberal anti-Muslim policies (similarity 0.82)
• Counter-jihad campaigns have spread across Western countries and infected mainstream politics. (similarity 0.82)
• Elites mobilized Islamophobia to advance their political agendas across centuries (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia flourishes on both the nativist right and among self-proclaimed liberals (similarity 0.82)
• Clash-of-civilizations ideology animated the Trump administration’s core policies (similarity 0.82)
• Homegrown terrorism hysteria enabled far-right Islamophobes to seize the national debate. (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobic power can deploy oppositional tactics to advance Muslim marginalization (similarity 0.81)
• The politique des races included campaigns against Muslim religious elites. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Anti-Muslim fear-mongering empowered by right-wing foundations fuels mainstream hatred. #corroborates (0.80) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 626
• War on Terror Islamophobia empowered populist demagogues to seize power against Muslims #corroborates (0.80)
• Right-wing Islamophobes are structurally embedded rather than marginal figures #corroborates (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 34
• Anti-Muslim prejudice was deliberately deployed by elites at specific political moments. #corroborates (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 25
• Elites mobilized Islamophobia to advance their political agendas across centuries #corroborates (0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 98
• European Islamophobia has moved from the far right into the political mainstream. #expands (0.65) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 480
• Homegrown terrorism hysteria enabled far-right Islamophobes to seize the national debate. #corroborates (0.60) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 511
• Islamophobia is an empire advanced by a network of governments with distinct crusades #expands (0.60)
• Islamophobia has material and political causes beyond ignorance or xenophobia #expands (0.55) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 706
• Islamophobia predates organized networks and serves structural functions across the political spectrum #expands (0.50)
• Islamophobia has become the dominant prejudice in Western societies #expands (0.50) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 15