Antisemitism and Islamophobia have become normalized features of contemporary European life

Evidence

Violence, terror, suspicion, surveillance, exclusion and hatred have become normalised features of the European public landscape; the fault-lines between Muslims and Jews become more tense, while the shared task of combating European racisms becomes more urgent. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 15

Categorization

• QUESTION: What evidence supports ‘normalised’ as a diagnostic claim rather than editorial rhetoric? Worth checking the book’s body for data.