The War on Terror extended decades of American imperial aggression against Muslims.

Evidence

The exclusion of anyone who was not a free white man from accessing citizenship reflects this truth about public discourse and democracy. While the War on Drugs maintained a system of oppression and surveillance of African Americans, the War on Terror places Muslim bodies under the watchful eye of the state and citizens, resulting in their exclusion from participation in democratic processes. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 631 (#epitomizes, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Suppressing critical Muslim voices is a decades-old component of US statecraft.; The War on Terror metastasized into a global network of state crusades against Muslims; US War on Terror frames enable mass internment and ethnic cleansing abroad. (+4 more)

Related

• War on Terror rhetoric revived vocabulary from America’s earlier race-based persecutions. (similarity 0.91)
• War on Terror oppression of Muslims parallels War on Drugs targeting of African Americans (similarity 0.87)
• US War on Terror frames enable mass internment and ethnic cleansing abroad. (similarity 0.82)
• The War on Terror weaponizes an invented Orientalist past to victimize Muslims today (similarity 0.81)
• The War on Terror racially constructed Muslims as terrorists. (similarity 0.80)
• The War on Terror recycled COINTELPRO-era racial policing tactics against Muslims (similarity 0.80)
• The War on Terror recycled pre-existing Orientalist academic discourse into state violence (similarity 0.80)
• The War on Terror racializes all Muslims as a boundless enemy to justify war (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The War on Terror weaponizes an invented Orientalist past to victimize Muslims today #expands (0.60)
• Orientalism supplied the pre-existing tropes that the War on Terror redeployed against Muslims #expands (0.60)
• War on Terror oppression of Muslims parallels War on Drugs targeting of African Americans #epitomizes (0.55) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 631