The Boston mosque defeat produced a reusable blueprint for nationwide mosque attacks.
Evidence
However, as Blumenthal notes, the “local crusade established an effective blueprint for generating hysteria against the establishment of Islamic centers and mosques across the country, while galvanizing a cast of characters who would form an anti-Muslim network which would gain attention and success in the years to come.” — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 530
Categorization
- SEED: This ‘blueprint for hysteria’ is a transferable tactical model worth analyzing as a media-manufacturing methodology, not just a single campaign.
- XREF: connects to: Failed local mosque crusades created a reusable blueprint for national anti-Muslim campaigns — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 668