Anti-mosque sentiment reflects anxiety about Muslim bodies being physically close to whites

Evidence

The report notes that racism and Islamophobia in the British context are often mixed together; as a result, anti-Muslim feelings and anti-Asian sentiment are often connected. In other Western contexts, it might be anti-Muslim and anti-Arab sentiments. When Muslims are involved, racist practices and prejudices get a pass. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 64 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: White nationalists frame Muslim demographic change as an existential threat — Margaret Hodson, Baby Jihad, 11; The Park51 controversy triggered anti-mosque movements across the Western world — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 567; Hijab-wearers and mosques both symbolize Islam’s threat and face violence — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 506 (+6 more)

Related

• Islamophobia and racial prejudice are entangled in distinct ways across Western contexts (similarity 0.84)
• Anti-Islamic and anti-Muslim attitudes are distinct but overlapping targets of prejudice (similarity 0.83)
• Suspicion of Britain’s Muslims predates modern biological racism (similarity 0.81)
• Anti-Blackness and Islamophobia assign deviance through parallel racializing logics (similarity 0.81)
• Hijab-wearers and mosques both symbolize Islam’s threat and face violence (similarity 0.81)
• The Park51 controversy triggered anti-mosque movements across the Western world (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia is rarely analyzed through the lens of race and racism. (similarity 0.80)
• Islamophobia is best understood as an ideology akin to racism (similarity 0.80)
• Contemporary anti-Western sentiment and Western Islamophobia both stem from the colonial legacy (similarity 0.79)
• Miles and Brown argue anti-Muslim phenomena fit existing racism and xenophobia theories (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobia may target Islamic doctrine and Muslims separately or together (similarity 0.79)
• Hostility to British Muslims predates modern biological racism and parallels antisemitism (similarity 0.79)
• Anti-Muslim sentiment terminology mirrors the older, unresolved antisemitism debates about racism vs. religious prejudice. (similarity 0.79)
• Anti-Muslim animus unites groups that were themselves former racist targets (similarity 0.79)
• Antisemitism and Islamophobia share tropes but remain structurally distinct racisms (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia is powered by the overlap of Muslims being both inside and outside #expands (0.70)
• Islamophobia and racial prejudice are entangled in distinct ways across Western contexts #corroborates (0.60) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 64
• Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice #corroborates (0.50)