Islamophobia adapts to each society’s own governing concerns

Evidence

This ongoing dialogue between the state and its polity regarding Muslims by way of law, official rhetoric, and war-on-terror policy is central to this book’s framing of Islamophobia. Beyond defining Islamophobia as merely irrational fear or hatred held by a caricatured bloc or demographic, or as deviant violence committed by individual actors, this book’s definition is complex, multidimensional, and anchored in law and government policy. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 83 (#expands, via linked claim)

I began this essay with the claim that Islamophobia does not spring directly from a fear of Islam, or a hatred of Muslims, but from ambiguities rooted in our dominant models of citizenship and national belonging. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 716 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Asian and American Islamophobia diverged according to each society’s domestic situation — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear:…, 18; Islamophobia operated at multiple political and theological levels for both audiences. — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear:…, 41; Islamophobia is defined differently by scholars, spanning fear, media violence, racism, gender, and nationalism. (+13 more)

Related

• Islamophobia is transmitted through state-polity dialogue via law and rhetoric (similarity 0.88)
• Islamophobia is produced by state action, not only cultural bias (similarity 0.87)
• Islamophobia is defined differently by scholars, spanning fear, media violence, racism, gender, and nationalism. (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia originates in ambiguous citizenship models, not in fear of Islam itself. (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia is driven by state violence rather than mere ignorance (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia is a largely unwarranted social anxiety about Islam and Muslims (similarity 0.86)
• Structural Islamophobia operates through laws and policies that presume Muslims threaten national security (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia springs from citizenship ambiguities rather than fear of Islam itself (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia requires cultural convergence, not separation, to sustain itself (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia is a state-authorized system, not merely private prejudice (similarity 0.85)
• The state perpetuates Islam-violence associations to justify expanding its authority (similarity 0.85)
• Asian and American Islamophobia diverged according to each society’s domestic situation (similarity 0.85)
• Islamophobia is systemic and institutionalized, not merely individual prejudice (similarity 0.84)
• Perceiving Islam as monolithic and static drives most Islamophobia (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia is transmitted through state-polity dialogue via law and rhetoric #expands (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 83
• Islamophobia stems from nationalism’s ambiguities rather than fear of Islam #expands (0.50)
• Islamophobia springs from citizenship ambiguities rather than fear of Islam itself #expands (0.50) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 716
• Islamophobia is produced by state action, not only cultural bias #expands (0.40)
• Structural Islamophobia operates through laws and policies that presume Muslims threaten national security #expands (0.40) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 123
• Islamophobia has material and political causes beyond ignorance or xenophobia #expands (0.40) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 706
• Islamophobia is a state-authorized system, not merely private prejudice #complicates (0.30) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 82