The good Muslim bad Muslim binary paved the way for political Islamophobia
Evidence
Bush took pains in the address to point out that he was not referring to all or even most Muslims but rather to a radical minority within Islam so intoxicated with hatred that they have twisted their religion into a tool for terror. However, in doing so, he constructed a binary of “good Muslim” and “bad Muslim” that eventually paved the way for a political Islamophobia in which any Muslim who is not with “us” becomes “our” enemy. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 262
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Islamophobia is political rather than religious and must be fought politically — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 576; Islamophobia predates organized networks and serves structural functions across the political spectrum; Islamophobia has material and political causes beyond ignorance or xenophobia — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 706 (+14 more)
Broader Connections
- Liberal Democrats advanced the good Muslim binary through tokenization
#exemplifies(0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 349 - Islamophobia and Islamophilia share assumptions that produce the same political effects
#expands(0.60) - Islamophobia is political rather than religious and must be fought politically
#expands(0.55) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 576 - Liberal Islamophobia is racist and imperialist despite its gentler rhetoric
#expands(0.55) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 430 - Islamophobia has material and political causes beyond ignorance or xenophobia
#expands(0.50) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 706 - Perceiving Islam as monolithic and static drives most Islamophobia
#expands(0.50) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 53 - Islamophobia predates organized networks and serves structural functions across the political spectrum
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