The reviewer calls ‘somewhat more provocative, and problematic’ the second half of Kumar’s argument that US Islamophobia is a joint project between conservatives and liberals.

Evidence

Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire (book review) (The Cairo Review of Global Affairs)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: American Orientalism is the living root system that drives Islamophobia. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 168; Islamophobia includes polite liberal variants, not only conservative conspiracy theories — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 48

Related

• Islamophobia spans the political spectrum and is embedded in empire’s infrastructure (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia spans liberal and conservative mainstreams, not just the fringe right (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice (similarity 0.85)
• US Islamophobia has liberal and conservative wings, both imperial (similarity 0.85)
• Liberal Islamophobia is racist and imperialist despite its gentler rhetoric (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobia descends directly from Orientalism’s civilizational divide between Islam and the West (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobia spans the American political spectrum. (similarity 0.84)
• Liberal Islamophobia under Obama worsened conditions for Muslims at home and abroad (similarity 0.84)
• Liberal defenses of Muslims framed Islamophobia as intolerance, not empire-linked racism (similarity 0.83)
• Islamophobia is a conflict over American identity rooted in racial and religious bitterness. (similarity 0.83)
• Islamophobia is an ideology tied to practices sustaining and reproducing the American empire, which was established through the demonization of Arabs and later Muslims. (similarity 0.83)
• Kumar characterizes anti-Muslim racism as an ‘ideology and practice rooted in the political economy of the empire’ (p. 7), distancing it from religious intolerance. (similarity 0.83)
• Conservative and liberal Islamophobia are both forms of imperial racism. (similarity 0.83)
• Liberal Islamophobia condemns Islam-bashing while championing programs that target Muslims (similarity 0.83)
• Islamophobia arises from multiple forces, not a single conspiracy. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia includes polite liberal variants, not only conservative conspiracy theories #expands (0.90) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 48