Islamophobia as a term obscures that Palestinians of all faiths suffer in Gaza.

Evidence

“Islamophobia” implies that Muslims are the primary targets of discrimination or violence. But in Israel’s war on Gaza and in its apartheid occupation across historic Palestine, it is Palestinians of different faith groups—Christians and Druze, among others—and of differing degrees of religiosity who suffer. After Palestinians, it is their allies of all backgrounds and across the world, including Jews, who are accused of antisemitism and of supporting terrorism. To be sure, the term “Islamophobia” is not entirely inaccurate because the majority of Palestinians are Muslim, and because it is difficult to disentangle anti-Palestinian racism from anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism. — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 16

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes anti-Palestinian racism from Islamophobia while conceding their entanglement.
• XREF: Connects to debates about naming anti-Arab racism versus religious bigotry in US discourse. — connects to: The term Islamophobia obscures the specificity of anti-Palestinian racism. — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 20; The US mainstream defaults to Islamophobia as the frame for violence against Palestinians — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 17; Anti-Palestinian racism historically produced Islamophobia in the United States — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 21

Broader Connections

• The US mainstream defaults to Islamophobia as the frame for violence against Palestinians #expands (0.80) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 17
• Anti-Palestinian racism historically produced Islamophobia in the United States #complicates (0.50) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 21