The state perpetuates Islam-violence associations to justify expanding its authority

Evidence

This ongoing dialogue between the state and its polity regarding Muslims by way of law, official rhetoric, and war-on-terror policy is central to this book’s framing of Islamophobia. Beyond defining Islamophobia as merely irrational fear or hatred held by a caricatured bloc or demographic, or as deviant violence committed by individual actors, this book’s definition is complex, multidimensional, and anchored in law and government policy. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 83 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Semantic and philosophical redefinitions are being weaponized to legitimate state violence. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 122; State security forces may have perpetrated massacres later blamed on Islamists. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 42; Fear of Muslim takeover redirected Breivik’s violence onto the state. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 606 (+14 more)

Related

• Islamophobia is driven by state violence rather than mere ignorance (similarity 0.88)
• Religious framing of terrorism justifies state expansion that erodes due process (similarity 0.88)
• The state exploits public insecurity to legitimize Islamophobia. (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia is transmitted through state-polity dialogue via law and rhetoric (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia is produced by state action, not only cultural bias (similarity 0.85)
• State security forces may have perpetrated massacres later blamed on Islamists. (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia adapts to each society’s own governing concerns (similarity 0.85)
• Fear of Muslim takeover redirected Breivik’s violence onto the state. (similarity 0.85)
• State policies authorizing suspicion are the cornerstone of dialectical Islamophobia (similarity 0.84)
• Media and state mutually reinforce Islam-violence associations for distinct functional reasons (similarity 0.84)
• Terror attacks spark vigilante violence against perceived Muslims endorsed by state policy (similarity 0.84)
• State rhetoric authorizes ordinary people to persecute Muslims (similarity 0.83)
• State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies (similarity 0.83)
• Media and state both profit from perpetuating the Islam-violence association. (similarity 0.83)
• Structural Islamophobia operates through laws and policies that presume Muslims threaten national security (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Religious framing of terrorism justifies state expansion that erodes due process #expands (0.80)
• Media and state mutually reinforce Islam-violence associations for distinct functional reasons #expands (0.70)
• Islamophobia is transmitted through state-polity dialogue via law and rhetoric #expands (0.70) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 83
• Islam-terror association embedded in national security laws changed Muslims’ experiences #expands (0.70) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 20
• State-sponsored Islamophobia enforces the presumption linking Muslims to terrorism. #expands (0.65)
• State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies #expands (0.65)
• Islamophobia is driven by state violence rather than mere ignorance #corroborates (0.60)
• State policies authorizing suspicion are the cornerstone of dialectical Islamophobia #expands (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 136
• Islamophobia is produced by state action, not only cultural bias #corroborates (0.60)