Islamophobia descends directly from Orientalism’s civilizational divide between Islam and the West

Evidence

This is Islamophobia, a creation so diabolical that it blinds people to what stands before them, embedding vile myths and misrepresentations deep in their imaginations. It is the progeny of a blind mother, Orientalism, which divided the world into two clashing civilizations, “Islam and the West,” eternally locked in a crusade that constructs the most vulnerable Muslims into villains and scorches the earth in the name of empire. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 151

Categorization

• DEFINE: Derives Islamophobia from Orientalism’s foundational ‘Islam and the West’ binary.
• XREF: connects to: Contemporary Islamophobia extends Orientalist blame onto all Muslims, not just Arabs — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 271; Contemporary Islamophobia extends Orientalism’s Sin to all Muslims, not only Arabs. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 283; American Orientalism fused European notions of Islam’s alienness with new Arab stereotypes — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 204