The going-Muslim trope denies assimilated Muslims any genuine integration into America

Evidence

This phrase [“going Muslim”] would describe the turn of events where a seemingly integrated Muslim-American—a friendly donut vendor [Zazi] in New York, say, or an officer in the U.S. Army at Fort Hood—discards his apparent integration into American society and elects to vindicate his religion in an act of messianic violence against his fellow Americans. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 608

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The ‘going Muslim’ trope denied Muslims the capacity for true integration; Racialization denies Muslim Americans the individuality that American citizenship requires — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 347; Full assimilation in antebellum America demanded converting away from Islam (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• The ‘going Muslim’ trope denied Muslims the capacity for true integration #corroborates (1.00)
• Racialization denies Muslim Americans the individuality that American citizenship requires #expands (0.85) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 347
• Performing Americanness forces Muslims to downplay or conceal their faith #expands (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 343
• Full assimilation in antebellum America demanded converting away from Islam #expands (0.80)
• Racial Muslims are denied American national identity despite citizenship or birth in the US. #corroborates (0.80) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 76
• Religious identity replaced ethnicity as the marker making Muslim Americans seen as anti-American #expands (0.80)
• Secularization and Protestantization of practice is the price of Muslim assimilation into America #expands (0.80) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 979
• Post-war American identity structurally excluded Islam as foreign #expands (0.75) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 283
• Muslims born and raised in America are seen as outsiders first #expands (0.70) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 445
• Citizenship status does not shield Muslim Americans from suspicion #complicates (0.70) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 443