The economic subjugation of Muslims fueled violent religious antagonism

Evidence

In short, for Varadarajan, all Muslim Americans are “imminently violent,” and while they appear to be integrated into American society, they are in fact ticking time bombs who could explode into violent, murderous rage. Kundnani argues that Hasan carried out the attack in large part due to the fear that he would be deployed to a Muslim-majority country and become complicit in war crimes against Muslims. He adds that Hasan also may have acted because the authorities had refused to investigate allegations of war crimes that had emerged in his counseling sessions with army patients. Discounting these real lived circumstances that might have explained his actions, cultural racism was deployed to make the argument that Muslims are driven by “Islam” to be violent. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 621 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Geopolitical leverage and economic value delayed Muslim persecution in Spain. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 120; Economic transition to capitalist imperialism produced Muslims as a racial category — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 83; Peasant mobs mass-baptized Muslims as an economic competition elimination tactic — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 463 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Cultural racism explains Muslim violence through religion rather than lived circumstances #complicates (0.72) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 621