US empire-building abroad drives anti-Muslim racism domestically

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

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Invasion-era stereotypes of foreign Muslims double as domestic anti-immigrant racism — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 242; Diversity rhetoric leaves empire-directed structural anti-Muslim racism untouched — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 44; Good and bad Muslim designations follow support for US empire — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 87 (+9 more)