Islamophobia is a largely unwarranted social anxiety about Islam and Muslims

Evidence

If we persist in portraying Islamophobia as an irrational force of misperception—the bad citizen’s response to the bad Muslim—we will render ourselves oblivious to Islamophobia’s ultimate causes, which are not simply ignorance or xenophobia. Pastor Terry Jones is rightly criticized for both, but he has never invaded and occupied an independent (Muslim-majority) nation-state, authorized the torture of (Muslim) alien combatants held in secret prisons, killed hundreds of innocent (Muslim) people in unmanned drone attacks, propped up (Muslim) dictators against the will of their (Muslim) subjects, and given orders to detain, deport, and assassinate (Muslim) terror suspects without trial. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 706 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Islamophobia is systemic and institutionalized, not merely individual prejudice — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 641; Islamophobia denotes fear, hatred, and hostility toward Muslims and Islam. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 31; Perceiving Islam as monolithic and static drives most Islamophobia — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 53 (+21 more)

Related

• Islamophobia has material and political causes beyond ignorance or xenophobia (similarity 0.91)
• Islamophobia operates as ambient background noise masking concrete injustices (similarity 0.90)
• Islamophobia is powered by the overlap of Muslims being both inside and outside (similarity 0.90)
• Islamophobia is driven by state violence rather than mere ignorance (similarity 0.89)
• Islamophobia stems from nationalism’s ambiguities rather than fear of Islam (similarity 0.89)
• Capital instrumentalizes Islamophobia rather than being driven by it (similarity 0.89)
• Perceiving Islam as monolithic and static drives most Islamophobia (similarity 0.88)
• Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice (similarity 0.88)
• Islamophobia springs from citizenship ambiguities rather than fear of Islam itself (similarity 0.87)
• Islamophobia includes a latent assumption of Muslim cultural inferiority to the secular West. (similarity 0.87)
• The editor defines Islamophobia as largely unwarranted social anxiety, not mere prejudice (similarity 0.87)
• Islamophobia predates organized networks and serves structural functions across the political spectrum (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia adapts to each society’s own governing concerns (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia originates in ambiguous citizenship models, not in fear of Islam itself. (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia denotes fear, hatred, and hostility toward Muslims and Islam. (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia has material and political causes beyond ignorance or xenophobia #qualifies (0.70) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 706
• Islamophobia stems from nationalism’s ambiguities rather than fear of Islam #qualifies (0.60)
• Islamophobia is driven by state violence rather than mere ignorance #qualifies (0.60)
• Islamophobia springs from citizenship ambiguities rather than fear of Islam itself #qualifies (0.50) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 716
• Islamophobia is powered by the overlap of Muslims being both inside and outside #qualifies (0.50)