Anti-Muslim prejudice is considered more socially acceptable than any other group’s

Evidence

One of the important shifts in the expression of racism over recent decades has been the rise of Islamophobia. Poynting and Mason (2007), among others, describe how Muslim people have become the primary focus for distrust and victimization in the UK and elsewhere, and studies show parallel increases in experiences of and fear of racism among Muslim people over the first decade of the 21st century (Karlsen and Nazroo 2014). Muslim people are repeatedly described as the social group most frequently discriminated against (Kitchen et al. 2005), and there is evidence that prejudice against Muslim people (as well as gay and lesbian people) is considered more socially acceptable than that against any other group (Abrams and Houston 2006). — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 312

Muslim people are repeatedly described as the social group most frequently discriminated against (Kitchen et al. 2005), and there is evidence that prejudice against Muslim people (as well as gay and lesbian people) is considered more socially acceptable than that against any other group (Abrams and Houston 2006). — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 312

Categorization

• XREF: Directly bears on the reader’s mapping of how this report justifies treating Islamophobia as a distinctive racism — compared with Bleich’s treatment of Muslims alongside other out-groups. — connects to: No other group faces such unchecked denigration as Muslims; Power protects covert anti-Muslim racism from any confrontation. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 509; Islamophobia remains more socially acceptable than other Western prejudices — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 710 (+6 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 312

Related

• No other group faces such unchecked denigration as Muslims (similarity 0.93)
• Anti-Islamic and anti-Muslim attitudes are distinct but overlapping targets of prejudice (similarity 0.87)
• Islamophobia remains more socially acceptable than other Western prejudices (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia remains socially acceptable while other bigotries bring reprimand (similarity 0.85)
• Atavistic group-character research remains acceptable for Muslims though not for others (similarity 0.84)
• Islamophobia and racial prejudice are entangled in distinct ways across Western contexts (similarity 0.84)
• Most people harboring anti-Muslim prejudice act from ignorance rather than malice. (similarity 0.83)
• Islamophobia has become the dominant prejudice in Western societies (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia is best understood and countered as a form of anti-Muslim racism. (similarity 0.82)
• Evidence of anti-Muslim incidents has not convinced many of Islamophobia as a distinct phenomenon (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia remains legitimate while racism has become illegitimate (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia requires an acknowledged Muslim or Islamic element to be identified. (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia is rarely analyzed through the lens of race and racism. (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia operates as cultural racism rooted in religion, culture, and ethnicity rather than biology. (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia is best understood as an ideology akin to racism (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia remains more socially acceptable than other Western prejudices #corroborates (1.00) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 710
• Islamophobia remains socially acceptable while other bigotries bring reprimand #corroborates (0.95)
• Islamophobia has become the dominant prejudice in Western societies #expands (0.80) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 15
• Anti-atheist prejudice is socially accepted while racial prejudice is not #qualifies (0.75) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 232
• Anti-Islamic and anti-Muslim attitudes are distinct but overlapping targets of prejudice #expands (0.75)
• Most people harboring anti-Muslim prejudice act from ignorance rather than malice. #complicates (0.72) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 690
• Fighting Islamophobia need not stifle legitimate criticism of Muslims #complicates (0.72) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 696