Someone would embrace Islam amid unprecedented Islamophobia in 2017

Evidence

I learned, en route from the East Los Angeles campus to my downtown hotel, that Juan was neither born to a Muslim family nor a convert. He was, rather, a man on the cusp of embracing Islam at a moment of unprecedented Islamophobia and rabid xenophobia, of imminent Muslim bans and Mexican walls. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 37

Categorization

• SEED: Conversions to Islam increasing during Islamophobic surges — a counterintuitive angle for a piece on faith amid persecution.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 37
• XREF: connects to: The personal homecoming coincided with the national rise of formalized Islamophobia. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 536; Trump marked a new phase where rhetorical Islamophobia aligned openly with policy — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 64

Broader Connections

• Trump marked a new phase where rhetorical Islamophobia aligned openly with policy #corroborates (0.45) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 64