The prospect of mass internment occupies the center of the collective Muslim American psyche.

Evidence

If Muslim Americans are not already interned within the walls of their homes, mosques, or community centers, could another large-scale attack bring about en masse Muslim-American internment? Although it seems a remote possibility, the sum of pernicious legislation, still-rising Islamophobia, and the precedent of Japanese internment place that possibility firmly at the center of the collective Muslim American psyche. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 520

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 520
• XREF: connects to: Fear of state detention and deportation corrodes Muslim Americans’ sense of citizenship; US War on Terror frames enable mass internment and ethnic cleansing abroad.; State repression, not just culture, sustained American Islamophobia — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 344 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Anticipating backlash after every terror attack defines Muslim American identity #corroborates (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 49
• Fear of state detention and deportation corrodes Muslim Americans’ sense of citizenship #expands (0.75)
• Even high-ranking Muslim American officials were surveilled without criminal cause #expands (0.65)
• US War on Terror frames enable mass internment and ethnic cleansing abroad. #qualifies (0.60)
• State repression, not just culture, sustained American Islamophobia #expands (0.60) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 344