In this light, the resemblance between the good Muslim and the good citizen of the liberal democratic state is all too obvious. The good Muslim is certainly less malign than his evil twin, but the traits that define the good Muslim are just as likely to be based on wishful thinking and a politics of fear. Neither standard is meant to be “fair” or “objective”; instead, each is meant to politicize Muslims, to package them for use in conflict situations.

Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ Th…, loc. 705