Contemporary Islamophobia extends Orientalist blame onto all Muslims, not just Arabs

Evidence

The difference between previous strains of Orientalism and contemporary Islamophobia is that the sins of Arab Muslims are now visited on all Muslims. Now all Muslims are saddled with the failures, irrationalism, and backwardness that Orientalists previously defined as particular to the Semitic Arab culture and history. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 271

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the precise break between classical Orientalism and modern Islamophobia.
• XREF: connects to: Contemporary Islamophobia extends Orientalism’s Sin to all Muslims, not only Arabs. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 283; Contemporary Islamophobia extends the older Arab-specific Orientalist caricatures to all Muslims.; Islamophobia descends directly from Orientalism’s civilizational divide between Islam and the West — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 151

Broader Connections

• Contemporary Islamophobia extends Orientalism’s Sin to all Muslims, not only Arabs. #corroborates (1.00) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 283
• Contemporary Islamophobia extends the older Arab-specific Orientalist caricatures to all Muslims. #corroborates (0.97)
• Islamophobia descends directly from Orientalism’s civilizational divide between Islam and the West #expands (0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 151