War on Terror Islamophobia empowered populist demagogues to seize power against Muslims

Evidence

The immediate consequence of the “homegrown terrorist” hysteria was that the far-right-wing Islamophobes (more on them in the following chapter) who had long hoped to capture the national debate were able to do so. They took center stage in the wake of a controversy they generated around the construction of an Islamic community center in downtown Manhattan. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 511 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Structural Islamophobia, the second dimension, is the fear and suspicion of Muslims on the part of government institutions and actors. This fear and suspicion are manifested and enforced through the enactment and advancement of laws, policy, and programming built upon the presumption that Muslim identity is associated with a national security threat. These laws, policies, and programs may be explicitly discriminatory, like the first and second Muslim bans, which explicitly restricted immigrants from Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States. Others may seem neutral, having been framed in generally applicable terms, when in practice they are disproportionately enforced against Muslim subjects and communities. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 123 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: The politique des races included campaigns against Muslim religious elites.; Islamophobic power can deploy oppositional tactics to advance Muslim marginalization; Right-wing politicians stoked a clash-of-civilizations narrative that globally increased Islamophobia. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 354 (+16 more)

Related

• Homegrown terrorism hysteria enabled far-right Islamophobes to seize the national debate. (similarity 0.91)
• Liberal homegrown-terror hysteria amplified right-wing Islamophobia (similarity 0.85)
• Liberal security politics amplified right-wing Islamophobia against the NYC Islamic center (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobic power can deploy oppositional tactics to advance Muslim marginalization (similarity 0.84)
• Official counterterrorism policy creates the terrain from which far-right Islamophobia grows (similarity 0.84)
• Right-wing politicians stoked a clash-of-civilizations narrative that globally increased Islamophobia. (similarity 0.83)
• Counter-jihad campaigns have spread across Western countries and infected mainstream politics. (similarity 0.83)
• Structural Islamophobia operates through laws and policies that presume Muslims threaten national security (similarity 0.83)
• Islamophobes are inside the establishment, not outside it (similarity 0.83)
• Liberal security hysteria functionally powered the right-wing mosque campaign’s success (similarity 0.83)
• European Islamophobia has moved from the far right into the political mainstream. (similarity 0.83)
• Far-right leaders exploit media-built Islamophobic climate to gain power (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice (similarity 0.82)
• Right-wing Islamophobes are structurally embedded rather than marginal figures (similarity 0.82)
• Terrorism fear uniquely suits political manipulation because it resists quick fixes (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Homegrown terrorism hysteria enabled far-right Islamophobes to seize the national debate. #corroborates (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 511
• State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies #expands (0.60)
• Structural Islamophobia operates through laws and policies that presume Muslims threaten national security #corroborates (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 123
• Anti-Muslim fear-mongering empowered by right-wing foundations fuels mainstream hatred. #corroborates (0.60) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 626
• Elites mobilized Islamophobia to advance their political agendas across centuries #expands (0.55) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 98
• State-sponsored Islamophobia enforces the presumption linking Muslims to terrorism. #expands (0.55)
• Counterterrorism rhetoric masks an offensive campaign against Muslims. #expands (0.55)
• The good Muslim bad Muslim binary paved the way for political Islamophobia #expands (0.50) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 262
• Islamophobia predates organized networks and serves structural functions across the political spectrum #expands (0.50)
• Islamophobia is political rather than religious and must be fought politically #expands (0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 576
• Islamophobia is driven by state violence rather than mere ignorance #expands (0.50)
• Islamophobia worldwide shares the core link between Islam and terrorism #contradicts (0.35)