Structural Islamophobia institutionalizes the presumption that Muslim identity threatens national security

Evidence

“I define structural Islamophobia as the fear and suspicion of Muslims on the part of institutions—most notably government agencies—that is manifested through the enactment and advancement of policies. These policies are built upon the presumption that Muslim identity is associated with a national security threat.” — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1258

Categorization

• DEFINE: The author’s own core legal definition of structural Islamophobia — central for tracking which state policies count under it in the India and France chapters.
• XREF: connects to: Anti-Muslim racism is systemic, not fringe, and requires dismantling the national security state — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 766; Official counterterrorism policy creates the terrain from which far-right Islamophobia grows — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 737; the MOC “The Enemy-Making Machine: How Ourselves, the True, and Every Other Are Built from War” (+1 more)