US anti-Muslim racism emerged only with America’s imperial power in the Middle East

Evidence

Because US hegemonic interests in Muslim-majority countries require the dehumanization and vilification of the native populations, empire building abroad animates anti-Muslim racism at home. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1072 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

“The central argument of this book is that anti-Muslim racism is best understood, in its myriad and ever-changing manifestations, as rooted in empire. Thus, Muslim inclusion within an imperial system that presides over war, genocide, and torture does little to dent racism.” Ibid., 8. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1243 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: US empire-building abroad drives anti-Muslim racism domestically — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 1072; Anti-Muslim racism cannot be understood only through recent U.S. racial formations — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in…, 104; Empire produces anti-Muslim racism which in turn sustains empire (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• US empire-building abroad drives anti-Muslim racism domestically #corroborates (0.95) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1072
• Empire produces anti-Muslim racism which in turn sustains empire #expands (0.90)
• Anti-Muslim racism is rooted in empire, not relieved by inclusion. #corroborates (0.90) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1243
• Anti-Muslim racism cannot be understood only through recent U.S. racial formations #qualifies (0.85) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 104
• Anti-Muslim racism is structurally rooted in empire, not individual prejudice #expands (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 78
• Anti-Palestinian racism historically produced Islamophobia in the United States #corroborates (0.85) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 21
• Modern anti-Muslim racism required both rights-based societies and imperial domination #qualifies (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 193
• Anti-Muslim racism is a normal tool of empire, not crisis response #corroborates (0.85)
• The anti-Muslim right wing emerges from within US empire’s establishment, not outside it #corroborates (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 640
• Anti-Muslim racism remains entrenched despite Muslim inclusion in imperial systems #expands (0.80)
• American imperialism, Orientalism, coercive assimilation, and White supremacy jointly produce racialized Muslim categories #expands (0.80) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 80
• Arab Americans’ racial exclusion from whiteness tracks the rise of US global empire #exemplifies (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 248