The Racial Muslim stereotype shifts to serve state and elite political interests

Evidence

Hence the Racial Muslim has been under social construction for more than a century. Whether he was the barbaric Turk categorized as Asian in naturalization laws, the Black Muslim militant challenging White supremacy, the Arab nationalist suspected of being a Communist, or the Palestinian terrorist prioritized as a security threat, the Racial Muslim serves the state’s and the elites’ political interests. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1073

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors the idea from this reading list that racial/religious out-groups are redefined as security threats to serve state interests, paralleling the shifting targets of other moral panics on this shelf.