The far right attributes its own ‘them and us’ framing to Islamic doctrine

Evidence

The BnP also rooted this ‘problem’ into the context of an Islamic theological one, where an ‘antikafir’ framework sought to both reinforce and demarcate further the difference between ‘Muslims’ and ’ kafir’ – in more simplistic terms, ‘them’ and ‘us’ – as being rather more derivative of Muslims or Islam than it was of the BnP. This shifting of the focus meant that the BnP could adequately suggest that it was neither them nor indeed any non-Muslim that was saying that a ‘them and us’ dichotomy existed but more so, Muslims themselves. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 461

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains the ‘antikafir’ concept used by the BNP to displace authorship of division onto Muslims themselves.
• XREF: connects to: The far right adopted anti-Muslim rhetoric as a strategic path to electoral power — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 471

Related

• The far right adopted anti-Muslim rhetoric as a strategic path to electoral power (similarity 0.85)
• Far-right groups strategically recruit Sikhs by differentiating them from Muslims. (similarity 0.81)
• Anti-Islamophobia must not become the sole analytical frame for studying Western Muslims (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobia spans the political spectrum and is embedded in empire’s infrastructure (similarity 0.79)
• Far-right leaders exploit media-built Islamophobic climate to gain power (similarity 0.79)
• New racist rhetoric lets far-right groups deny racism while demarcating Muslims (similarity 0.79)
• Liberal and conservative Islamophobia jointly enable far-right conspiracy theories (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobia should be analyzed as power-relations rather than as error about Islam. (similarity 0.78)
• Islamophobia spans liberal and conservative mainstreams, not just the fringe right (similarity 0.78)
• Islamophobia flourishes on both the nativist right and among self-proclaimed liberals (similarity 0.78)
• Fragmenting Muslims into moderates and extremists disseminates Islamophobic ideology as effectively as unifying them. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The far right adopted anti-Muslim rhetoric as a strategic path to electoral power #expands (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 471