Trumpism outlives Trump and continues fueling Muslim disenfranchisement.
Evidence
Although the presidency of Donald J. Trump is thankfully over, the metastasizing growth of the right-wing political ideology known as “Trumpism” is alive and well today. So if we allow Islamophobia to keep spreading in our communities, it will only lead to the further disenfranchisement of millions of Western Muslims who seek to debunk the archaic “clash of civilizations” orientalist theory once and for all. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 669
Categorization
- XREF: Echoes Beydoun and Kumar on the durable structural Islamophobia that persists beyond individual leaders. — connects to: Trumpism predates Trump and will outlast his presidency — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 509; Trump’s election raised the harm risk for visibly Muslim Americans — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 539; Trump’s anti-Muslim measures continue rather than depart from prior policy — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 129 (+16 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 669
Related
- Trump’s anti-Muslim measures continue rather than depart from prior policy (similarity 0.88)
- Trumpism predates Trump and will outlast his presidency (similarity 0.86)
- Trump’s Muslim ban escalated Islamophobia to overt racial-nationalist action (similarity 0.86)
- Islamophobia predates Trump by centuries as a state-backed system (similarity 0.85)
- Trump’s campaign statement ‘I think Islam hates us’ and his proposed total shutdown of Muslims entering the U.S. constitute vitriolic anti-Muslim rhetoric foregrounded by an unprecedentedly… (similarity 0.84)
- Trumpism’s Islamophobic ideology predates Trump’s presidency, rooted in birtherism (similarity 0.84)
- Trump’s agenda threatened Muslims through surveillance, registry, and civic repression (similarity 0.83)
- Trump marked a new phase where rhetorical Islamophobia aligned openly with policy (similarity 0.83)
- Trump’s election raised the harm risk for visibly Muslim Americans (similarity 0.82)
- Trump’s election triggered a 300-percent spike in anti-Muslim hate group membership (similarity 0.81)
- Trump’s Muslim ban built on parallel Clinton, Bush, and Obama refugee restriction policies. (similarity 0.81)
- Public outrage at Muslim surveillance emerged only with Trump’s campaign rhetoric (similarity 0.80)
- Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric increased American hostility toward Muslims. (similarity 0.80)
- The Trump administration elevated Islamophobic figures who shared his conspiracy beliefs. (similarity 0.80)
- Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric galvanized white supremacists globally, including in Australia (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Trump’s agenda threatened Muslims through surveillance, registry, and civic repression
#expands(0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 56 - Trump’s election triggered a 300-percent spike in anti-Muslim hate group membership
#expands(0.80) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 778 - Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric galvanized white supremacists globally, including in Australia
#expands(0.80) - Islamophobic campaign rhetoric is traded for votes and converted into policy
#expands(0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 57 - Performing Americanness forces Muslims to downplay or conceal their faith
#expands(0.70) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 343 - India’s NRC parallels both Trump’s Muslim Registry and Nuremberg laws
#expands(0.70) - Hostile public scrutiny becomes internalized as the architecture of Muslim American identity
#expands(0.65) - Clash-of-civilizations ideology animated the Trump administration’s core policies
#corroborates(0.60) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 685 - American tolerance of Muslims conditioned on their political quiescence and departure.
#corroborates(0.60) - The War on Terror conditioned the American public to want Trump.
#corroborates(0.60) - India’s Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 exceeded Trump’s Muslim Ban in restrictiveness
#expands(0.60) - Public outrage at Muslim surveillance emerged only with Trump’s campaign rhetoric
#contradicts(0.55) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 82 - Anti-Muslim prejudice shapes Muslim-American identity formation from within
#complicates(0.50) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 709