Both conservative and liberal approaches to Islamism rest on cultural racism

Evidence

Culturalisation therefore not only strengthens homogenous perceptions that attribute characteristics without differentiation, but the newly culturalised markers can also inappropriately essentialise Muslims where ‘Islam’ and ‘Muslims’ continue to be entities that are defined, shaped and determined by outsider perceptions of that which may be inaccurate or inappropriately understood. Solely interpreting Islamophobia in terms of cultural racism therefore could be seen to be imposing an essentialised and also be as equally inappropriate, again being reductionist about the diversity of the faith and its expressions. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 773 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: European multiculturalism backlash revitalized anti-Muslim racism as cultural racism — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 313; Cultural racism explains Muslim violence through religion rather than lived circumstances — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 621; Far-right and liberal racisms mutually reinforce each other on a spectrum — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 641 (+16 more)

Broader Connections

• Conservative and liberal Islamophobia are both forms of imperial racism. #expands (0.92)
• Interpreting Islamophobia solely as cultural racism essentialises and reduces the faith #complicates (0.85) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 773