Anti-Islamophobia campaigns may seek Abrahamic inclusion without dismantling racial hierarchy

Evidence

In order for Muslims and Arabs to combat Islamophobia, certain actions must be performed. Effective efforts must be taken to assist non-Muslims in understanding accurate Islamic teachings, especially those pertaining to tolerance and peace. First and foremost, we need to promote communication and embrace and respect those who have diverse cultural and religious beliefs. It should not be understated that embracing diversity leads to a more accepting and culturally diverse community rather than a racist one. Additionally, open discussions have to be promoted in order to facilitate the exchange of differing viewpoints and reveal the complexity of the problem. — Muhammad Asad Latif, The Identity of Religion Always Comes Up, 141 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Islamophobia is an ideology, similar in theory, function and purpose to racism and other similar phenomena, that sustains and perpetuates negatively evaluated meaning about Muslims and Islam in the contemporary setting in similar ways to that which it has historically, although not necessarily as a continuum, subsequently pertaining, influencing and impacting upon social action, interaction, response and so on, shaping and determining understanding, perceptions and attitudes in the social consensus – the shared languages and conceptual maps – that inform and construct thinking about Muslims and Islam as Other. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 910 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The ADL reframes Islamophobia as intolerance to avoid naming empire-linked racism; Abrahamic identity framing is a strategy to depoliticize and deracialize Muslims; Separating Islamophobia as ideology from racism undermines anti-racist struggle — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 159 (+18 more)

Broader Connections

• Combating Islamophobia requires interfaith communication, diversity and open debate #complicates (0.86) — Muhammad Asad Latif, The Identity of Religion Always Comes Up, 141
• Anti-Muslim discrimination can target ideology and affiliation rather than phenotype #complicates (0.74)
• Islamophobia is best understood as an ideology akin to racism #complicates (0.72) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 910
• Racism has empirical grounding that Islamophobia still lacks #complicates (0.71) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 789