Statistically, Americans are more likely to die from a bolt of lightning than from an act of "terror." The focus on "radicalized" Muslim Americans serves not to keep the American people safe, but to whip up a sense of fear and paranoia which can then be used to squash dissent and win consent for violations of civil liberties at home and wars abroad.

QUESTION: Worth chasing the precise statistics on comparative fatalities to verify this claim's sourcing.

Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politi…, loc. 32