The state used immigrant Muslims to delegitimize the Nation of Islam.

Evidence

In an ironic twist of fate—or more factually, in an act of political tokenism—the very people American courts deemed unfit for naturalized citizenship were used by the state to delegitimize the religious bona fides of the Nation of Islam and its leadership. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 440

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the dialectic of structural and private Islamophobia: the state (structural) recruits private community actors to do its delegitimizing — exactly the state/private feedback loop in the reading purpose. — connects to: US administrations used symbolic inclusion of Islam to recruit Muslims into state interests.; The state attacked the Nation of Islam as race rather than religion — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 439; Immigrant Muslim criticism of the NOI performed identity to curry state favor. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 441 (+4 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 440

Broader Connections

• Institutions exploit black Muslims through erasure, demonization, and delegitimization #corroborates (0.70) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 437
• Anti-Muslim prejudice was deliberately deployed by elites at specific political moments. #corroborates (0.60) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 25
• Islamophobia is produced by state action, not only cultural bias #expands (0.55)