The state attacked the Nation of Islam as race rather than religion

Evidence

The Nation of Islam’s reclamation of black dignity by way of emphasizing the importance of family, racial pride, and community empowerment threatened the state. Yet the state, latching on to the narrow view that Muslims were an immigrant bloc from the Middle East, largely viewed the Nation of Islam and its leaders as religious charlatans. Thus, attacks on the Nation of Islam were largely racial and political; when it was attacked on religious grounds, it was attacked more as a cult than as Islam. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 439

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘Muslims = immigrant bloc’ blind spot that rendered black Muslims invisible parallels Selod’s and Rana’s accounts of how the apparatus constructs its subject. — connects to: The state used immigrant Muslims to delegitimize the Nation of Islam. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 440; Orientalism converted Muslim identity from a religion into a race. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 161; Islamophobia is produced by state action, not only cultural bias (+6 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 439

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia is produced by state action, not only cultural bias #corroborates (0.55)
• Orientalism converted Muslim identity from a religion into a race. #expands (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 161
• State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies #expands (0.50)
• Islamophobia is driven by state violence rather than mere ignorance #corroborates (0.50)
• The state used immigrant Muslims to delegitimize the Nation of Islam. #expands (0.45) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 440
• Orientalists reframed Islam as a political system rather than a religion. #expands (0.45)
• Racializing Muslims as threats sustains a surveillance state with gendered effects #expands (0.45)
• Immigrant Muslims aided the state in delegitimizing black Muslims. #expands (0.40) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 440