Because anti-Muslim racism is historically contingent, it can be ended.

Evidence

The past provides a reserve of reference and symbol for the present, it does not explain it. The Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683 or the crusades do not explain current politics, they are used by them. A modernist interpretation, with regard to this prejudice as with regard to others, also offers more hope, the possibility of change: if far from its being embedded in the collective psyche or national character of Western society, negative attitudes to Muslims are more contingent, then it is more likely something can be done. — Fred Halliday, ‘Islamophobia’ Reconsidered, 33 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Racism is eliminable because it is historically contingent rather than culturally permanent; Anti-Muslim prejudice is contingent and changeable, not fixed in Western character. — Fred Halliday, ‘Islamophobia’ Reconsidered, 33

Broader Connections

• Racism is eliminable because it is historically contingent rather than culturally permanent #corroborates (0.92)
• Anti-Muslim prejudice is contingent and changeable, not fixed in Western character. #corroborates (0.85) — Fred Halliday, ‘Islamophobia’ Reconsidered, 33