Support of Muslims during crises doubles as repressive behavioral control of them

Evidence

The choreography of the Jones visit was much more complex than this brief sketch can convey, but it serves well as an example of disciplinary inclusion. The Muslim community was supported during this crisis by institutions of the larger society, and it was carefully controlled in the process. The rejection of Terry Jones represented both a commitment to the Americanness of Dearborn’s Muslims, who deserved respect, and an acknowledgment of the (supposed) inability of (some) Muslims to accept certain kinds of free speech. Local Muslims were brought into an ecumenical, public rejection of religious bigotry, all the while being told, directly and indirectly, by Muslims and non-Muslims, that reactions of the Danish cartoon variety—physical attacks, threats, burnings in effigy, angry chants of “death to ___!”—would be counterproductive and would — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America The Anatomy of…, 678

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• XREF: The dual support-and-control mechanism parallels how the state extends ‘protection’ that simultaneously surveils; echoes Grosfoguel on disciplinary inclusion.

Related

• Supporting a minority during a crisis also disciplines it to conform. (similarity 0.89)
• Community leaders police Muslim behavior to protect reputational standing (similarity 0.83)
• Inclusion of a minority can double as disciplinary control over that minority (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Community leaders police Muslim behavior to protect reputational standing #corroborates (0.75) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 677
• State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies #expands (0.55) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 33