Anti-Muslim rhetoric still targets Islam as a religion, not just its adherents.

Evidence

Even so, Halliday’s analysis falls short on two grounds. First, stereotypes about Islam as a religion do feed much of the Islamophobia that is rampant in the West. Islam is often equated in the media and in public discourse with terrorism, misogyny, backwardness, and so forth, and this is often done with Islam as a religion and an ideology in mind. Islam is attacked as a “faith,” even if such attacks, at least in Europe, are not primarily driven by the need to defend Christian truth claims. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 89

Categorization

• QUESTION: This rebuttal complicates the reader’s hunt for a clean religion/people boundary — the line the reader asks ‘does the line hold?’ seems to be toggling here.
• XREF: connects to: Halliday argues modern hostility targets Muslims as a people, not Islam as a faith. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 87; Secularists and Christians alike weaponized Islam as a foil despite opposite agendas. — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear:…, 30; Mosque opponents argued Islam is not a First Amendment-protected religion. (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Mosque opponents argued Islam is not a First Amendment-protected religion. #exemplifies (0.80)
• Anti-Muslim suspicion targets all Muslims, not just violent extremists #exemplifies (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 540
• Secularists and Christians alike weaponized Islam as a foil despite opposite agendas. #expands (0.70) — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 30
• Terrorism and extremism are treated as exclusive to Islam #exemplifies (0.65)