White supremacist attacks transcend national borders via shared colonial history

Evidence

This was white supremacy wed to Islamophobia, a new phase of the War on Terror that past chapters of Australia’s and New Zealand’s colonial histories reveal is hardly novel. When asked if he felt any remorse for the murders, Tarrant said—boldly and proudly—“No, I wish I could have killed more invaders.” The self-proclaimed “ethno-nationalist” soldier dutifully executed the aims of presidential dictates trumpeted from the very top of political power, and carried out the xenophobic policies of racial populists near and far. Mobilized by digital platforms like 4chan and inspired by racial populists holding the highest offices of government, white supremacist terrorism rose violently and wreaked havoc on Jews and immigrants, Black people and Muslims. These platforms, along with mainstream social media outlets, enabled the peddling of “viral lies and falsehoods” about racial and religious minorities, which reached millions across national, hemispheric, and linguistic bounds, in turn accelerating the formation of a transnational white supremacist movement. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 924 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The impact of colonialism and neocolonialism on the relationship between Islam and the West should not be underestimated. Many Muslims in the Middle East and in other Muslim-majority regions blame their political and economic struggles today on past as well as present interference from the West. The anti-Western sentiment that one encounters in these countries cannot be understood apart from the legacy of colonialism, just as any adequate analysis of contemporary Western discourse about Muslims and Islam must take into account the West’s past and present colonial enterprises and imperial designs in the Muslim world. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 182 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: White supremacy survived slavery by re-inscribing itself in new institutions — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 54; Social media accelerated the formation of a transnational white supremacist movement — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 924; Contemporary anti-Western sentiment and Western Islamophobia both stem from the colonial legacy — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 182 (+2 more)

Related

• Social media accelerated the formation of a transnational white supremacist movement (similarity 0.91)
• Transnational white supremacy is a global movement no war targets (similarity 0.89)
• White supremacist terror in the Antipodes reflects a global, digitally-mobilized phase of Islamophobia (similarity 0.87)
• White supremacist terror mirrors the founding colonial violence of settler nations. (similarity 0.83)
• Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric galvanized white supremacists globally, including in Australia (similarity 0.82)
• White supremacist terror was overlooked as a global threat because of perpetrators’ racial identity (similarity 0.81)
• White supremacy in settler colonies moves from indigenous genocide to anti-Muslim massacre (similarity 0.80)
• White supremacy in Australia and New Zealand drives political Islamophobia in both settler states (similarity 0.79)
• White supremacist violence is analyzed without racial profiling theories. (similarity 0.79)
• White supremacist land claims rest on race rather than citizenship or history (similarity 0.79)
• Contemporary anti-Western sentiment and Western Islamophobia both stem from the colonial legacy (similarity 0.78)
• White perpetrators are categorically dissociated from the label of terrorism. (similarity 0.78)
• Anti-Muslim racism is interwoven with settler colonialism, police violence, and the prison system (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Social media accelerated the formation of a transnational white supremacist movement #corroborates (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 924
• Contemporary anti-Western sentiment and Western Islamophobia both stem from the colonial legacy #expands (0.60) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 182