Secular rule-of-law appeals mask the expulsive marking of Muslim bodies

Evidence

I show how the idea of secularism operates as a governmentality, Foucault’s concept referring to the ways in which individual subjects are governed through various institutions and processes that organize modern life. Muslims are produced in this framework as undeserving of full citizenship, including the right to practise their faith as they see fit, a restriction that both marks them as not yet ready for citizenship even as it insists that the public sphere is a universal one where citizens have equal rights. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 64 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Courts confer epistemic authority on false Islamophobic claims — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 390; Zoning and code complaints function as legal tools of anti-mosque exclusion nationwide — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 504; Secularism functions as a governance technique that marks Muslims as unfit for citizenship — Sherene Razack, Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims…, 64 (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• Secularism functions as a governance technique that marks Muslims as unfit for citizenship #expands (0.95) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 64
• Legal arguments that Islam is not a religion have failed in court #complicates (0.72)