Dismissing Islamophobia as a myth unites right-wing and left-wing pundits

Evidence

Islamophobia lifted Harris, Hirsi Ali, Ben Shapiro, and their ideological allies to new levels of acclaim. They dismissed Islamophobia as a “myth,” a Trojan horse used by Muslim civic organizations to push extremist agendas while “masquerading as a human rights organization.” Although self-styled “progressives,” Harris, Hirsi Ali, and those who shared their views discounted the suffering inflicted upon Muslims by the American War on Terror, or dismissed the gravity of the new crusades it fed. Islamophobia served as an ideological meeting point for pundits with disparate ideologies. For instance, right-wing pundits like Jordan Peterson found rare agreement with the likes of Bill Maher, who similarly delivered “messages to Muslims” that claimed that the struggles of its adherents came exclusively from within the faith, its scripture, and its sectarian fault lines. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 317

Categorization

• XREF: Directly pairs with Iftikhar’s book, which Beydoun is being read alongside; both address liberal Islamophobia denialism. — connects to: Islamophobia spans liberal and conservative mainstreams, not just the fringe right — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 91; Liberal and conservative Islamophobia jointly enable far-right conspiracy theories — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 721; the MOC “The Enemy-Making Machine: How Ourselves, the True, and Every Other Are Built from War”
• SEED: Angle for an essay: how ‘Islamophobia is a myth’ functions as the ideological bridge uniting Peterson, Maher, Harris.