Anti-Muslim racism is a global system used to normalise mass killing

Anti-Muslim racism is a pervasive global system that has normalized mass killing, as demonstrated by the ongoing genocide in Palestine. This system extends to other Muslim and Muslim-adjacent populations, who have faced violence, abandonment, and containment in countries like Iran and Lebanon. The discourse of terrorism plays a crucial role in justifying lethal measures against these groups, categorizing them as potential terrorists based on their perceived political agency.

This racial and necropolitical logic, which legitimizes the use of death to control Muslim populations, is not confined to a single national project but is embedded in a transnational security architecture. The mass death of Muslims, particularly in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran, is a manifestation of this global system, which renders their lives disposable and their deaths politically permissible.