The Islamic-terror frame failed to move policy until the 2000s

Evidence

Despite the 2004 uptick, the overall trend before 2004 ran downward. The total reached a high point in 1988, and generally declined thereafter. Contrary to widespread views of mounting terrorism across the world, the line zigzags downward. Attacks reached their peak in 1987, with 666 incidents in the State Department catalog. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 858 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The question to ask therefore is: what are, or indeed what have been the conditions upon which this spread or development of Islamophobia occurred? To answer this it is important to consider the backdrop of europe since the turn of the century, one that has been punctuated and dictated by various terrorist atrocities, the ongoing mediatisation of knowledge and understanding, and the burgeoning ‘war on terror’ as both a myth and reality. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 568 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Global terrorism actually declined steadily from its 1987-88 peak until 2004 — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 858; Post-2000 European Islamophobia emerged from terror, media, and the war on terror — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 568

Broader Connections

• Global terrorism actually declined steadily from its 1987-88 peak until 2004 #corroborates (0.82) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 858
• Post-2000 European Islamophobia emerged from terror, media, and the war on terror #expands (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 568