The overlap of legal citizenship and perceived foreignness fuels Islamophobia’s missionary zeal.

Evidence

I began this essay with the claim that Islamophobia does not spring directly from a fear of Islam, or a hatred of Muslims, but from ambiguities rooted in our dominant models of citizenship and national belonging. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 716 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Islamophobia hits hardest those with the weakest legal hold on America; Islamophobia originates in ambiguous citizenship models, not in fear of Islam itself.; Immigration agents presumed Middle Easterners Muslim and therefore unassimilable — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 179 (+5 more)

Related

• Islamophobia originates in ambiguous citizenship models, not in fear of Islam itself. (similarity 0.92)
• Inside-outside overlap from citizenship drives Islamophobia’s missionary zeal (similarity 0.91)
• Islamophobia springs from citizenship ambiguities rather than fear of Islam itself (similarity 0.88)
• Islamophobia hits hardest those with the weakest legal hold on America (similarity 0.87)
• Islamophobia requires cultural convergence, not separation, to sustain itself (similarity 0.86)
• Indian Islamophobia rests on casting Muslims as foreign invaders rather than citizens (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia adapts to each society’s own governing concerns (similarity 0.83)
• Islamophobia is powered by the overlap of Muslims being both inside and outside (similarity 0.83)
• American Islamophobia positioned Muslims as a wholly external other unlike domestic religious minorities (similarity 0.82)
• Citizenship laws made assimilation a virtual act of apostasy for Algerian Muslims (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia is a largely unwarranted social anxiety about Islam and Muslims (similarity 0.81)
• Fear of the unfamiliar word jihad, not its meaning, drives American Islamophobia. (similarity 0.80)
• Islamophobia grows from convergence and proximity, not from cultural separation or polarization. (similarity 0.80)
• Islamophobia stems from nationalism’s ambiguities rather than fear of Islam (similarity 0.80)
• Post-war American identity structurally excluded Islam as foreign (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia is powered by the overlap of Muslims being both inside and outside #corroborates (0.95)
• Islamophobia springs from citizenship ambiguities rather than fear of Islam itself #corroborates (0.90) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 716
• Islamophobia stems from nationalism’s ambiguities rather than fear of Islam #corroborates (0.90)