War on Terror policies inspired the Christchurch terrorist’s attacks

Evidence

The shock of the massacre comes at a time when Western democracies are being reshaped in line with the image of xenophobic and white supremacist populism. This process has pushed for the imposition of veil and Muslim travel bans, mounting surveillance, en masse bulldozing of Muslim homes, and restrictions on public calls to prayer—all policies that the Christchurch terrorist claimed as inspirations and that the War on Terror facilitated or laid a foundation for. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1039

Categorization

• XREF: This echoes the reader’s guiding question about states learning Islamophobic techniques from one another — here it’s the reverse, the terrorist citing state policies as inspiration. — connects to: Christchurch and Norway shooters were linked through shared online extremist culture — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 58; The Christchurch killings were rooted in the denial that Muslims can integrate and belong. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 234; Christchurch made New Zealand a global capital of white terrorism (+8 more)
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1039

Broader Connections

• The War on Terror racially constructed Muslims as terrorists. #expands (0.70)
• Clash of civilizations framing located terrorism’s cause within Islam itself #expands (0.70) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 266
• The War on Terror was ideologically framed as a civilizational clash #expands (0.60)
• The War on Terror metastasized into a global network of state crusades against Muslims #expands (0.60)
• The War on Terror made the words Muslim and terrorism virtually synonymous #corroborates (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 935
• Powell’s study also claims that the media is much more likely to blame religion for the actions of Muslim terrorists than for white non-Muslim terrorists. This is evident in CNN’s description of… #expands (0.50)