The composite Oriental racial category fused South Asian Hindus with MENA Muslims
Evidence
As a result, Arab Muslims and South Asian Muslims, who are classified differently racially, are sharing racial experiences because their religious identity racializes them in similar ways. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 82 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Religious identity racializes Arab and South Asian Muslims along shared lines; Different racial classifications converge through shared religious identity — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 82; The racialized content of the Muslim category persisted across changing labels — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 163 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Different racial classifications converge through shared religious identity
#corroborates(0.85) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 82 - Religious identity racializes Arab and South Asian Muslims along shared lines
#corroborates(0.80) - The racialized content of the Muslim category persisted across changing labels
#expands(0.75) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 163 - Muslim identity stripped South Asian men of their model-minority racial privilege
#exemplifies(0.75) - Muslims were racialized through cultural signifiers rather than phenotype alone
#qualifies(0.70) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 106 - Colonial-era differentiation of Muslims preceded and enabled present-day racialization.
#expands(0.70) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 112