Islamophobia has become the normative and party-platform standard in America.

Evidence

In the view of many—including myself—the Republican anti-Muslim jihad of Donald Trump and his right-wing political allies has actually made our world a more dangerous place. It has sadly become a normative fact that Islamophobia is now the norm, not the exception, in the United States. It has also become a central part of the Republican Party’s platform, which it remains today. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 353

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘norm not exception’ claim is the capstone-synthesis thread the reader is mining — ties to Sweida-Metwally and Kumar’s arguments about institutionalized Islamophobia. — connects to: Muslim American voters expected Clinton’s victory would end brazen Islamophobia. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 537; Trump marked a new phase where rhetorical Islamophobia aligned openly with policy — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 64; Islamophobia has become the dominant prejudice in Western societies — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 15 (+16 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 353

Related

• Islamophobia has moved from academic usage into mainstream national discourse. (similarity 0.83)
• Political Islamophobia’s modern form began with Obama’s 2008 presidential election. (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia spans liberal and conservative mainstreams, not just the fringe right (similarity 0.82)
• Democratic and Republican parties practice different but complementary forms of Islamophobia (similarity 0.81)
• European Islamophobia has moved from the far right into the political mainstream. (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia operated at multiple political and theological levels for both audiences. (similarity 0.80)
• Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice (similarity 0.80)
• Islamophobia is an ideology tied to practices sustaining and reproducing the American empire, which was established through the demonization of Arabs and later Muslims. (similarity 0.80)
• Trump marked a new phase where rhetorical Islamophobia aligned openly with policy (similarity 0.80)
• Islamophobia is defined differently by scholars, spanning fear, media violence, racism, gender, and nationalism. (similarity 0.80)
• Islamophobia spans the American political spectrum. (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobia adapts to each society’s own governing concerns (similarity 0.79)
• Right-wing politicians stoked a clash-of-civilizations narrative that globally increased Islamophobia. (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobia is a lay ideology that disavows events’ political meanings rooted in empire, racism, and resistance, displacing political antagonisms onto the plane of culture. (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobia predates Trump by centuries as a state-backed system (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Explicit Islamophobia has become an effective electoral strategy #expands (0.65) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 508
• Islamophobia is systemic and institutionalized, not merely individual prejudice #expands (0.60) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 641
• State repression, not just culture, sustained American Islamophobia #expands (0.60) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 344
• Islamophobia is a state-authorized system, not merely private prejudice #expands (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 82
• Islamophobia has moved from academic usage into mainstream national discourse. #expands (0.55) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 502
• Elites mobilized Islamophobia to advance their political agendas across centuries #expands (0.55) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 98
• American Orientalism is the living root system that drives Islamophobia. #expands (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 168
• Islam in America operates as a political identity of otherness beyond religion #expands (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 69
• Islamophobia predates Trump by centuries as a state-backed system #expands (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 79
• Islamophobia predates organized networks and serves structural functions across the political spectrum #expands (0.50)
• The US mainstream defaults to Islamophobia as the frame for violence against Palestinians #exemplifies (0.50) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 17
• Islamophobia adapts to each society’s own governing concerns #expands (0.45)
• European Islamophobia has moved from the far right into the political mainstream. #corroborates (0.45) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 480
• Islamophobia has become the dominant prejudice in Western societies #complicates (0.40) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 15
• Islamophobia worldwide shares the core link between Islam and terrorism #expands (0.40)