Unchallenged propaganda legitimized monitoring Muslims like Cold War reds

Evidence

The upshot of this propaganda is that few in the media challenged the King hearings, giving credence to the notion that Muslims are in fact being “radicalized” and need to be questioned and monitored in ways similar to the “reds” in the Cold War era. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 559

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Torture’s ambiguous truth makes it a potent propaganda weapon for both sides — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 580; Anti-Islamic propaganda reached tens of millions of voters through shadowy funding; Counterterrorism rhetoric masks an offensive campaign against Muslims. (+18 more)

Broader Connections

• Surveillance justified by religious identity constitutes racialization of Muslims #expands (0.60)
• Covert framing of Muslim surveillance as anti-terrorism suppressed public protest #expands (0.60)
• American Cold War strategy cultivated Islamists against secular nationalism #responds-to (0.60) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 219
• Perceived surveillance pressure drives Muslims to preemptively perform anti-terror condemnation #expands (0.55) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 623
• Four interconnected groups jointly project the Muslim-enemy image #expands (0.55) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 537
• Blanket accusations of Muslims justify state surveillance by identity #complicates (0.50)
• Racializing Muslims as threats sustains a surveillance state with gendered effects #expands (0.50)
• Racialized surveillance itself strips Muslims of substantive citizenship #expands (0.50) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 658
• Surveillance derives from country-of-origin priority lists that racialize Muslim identity #expands (0.50)