That’s what I mean about not seeing this as about “Muslims versus non-Muslims.” What’s at issue in this specific context is not theology. Muslim Americans are sensitive to criticism of the prophet, but in the same way America Christians would be at blasphemy. It’s breach of an American social norm that requires being respectful of religion, not Islamic theology.

Identity politics in this context involves something different. Chehab is using her Muslim identity to jockey for position in white-dominated spaces and gain access to platforms controlled by white people.