Islamophobia is a multidimensional construct distinct from other prejudices and ideologies.

Evidence

Although the I-AB subscale showed less evidence of these forms of validity than the I-CG subscale in Study 2, the I-AB subscale predicted sympathetic responses to a Muslim bomb victim, depicted in a film clip, above and beyond measures of MR and Arab American prejudice in Study 3. Study 3 not only demonstrated incremental validity but also showed that Islamophobia is a multidimensional construct that is distinct from prejudices and ideologies. — Sherman A. Lee, Chelsea A. Reid, Stephen D. Short, Jeffrey A. Gibbons, Ruth Yeh, and Matthew L. Campbell, Fear of Muslims, 142

Categorization

• DEFINE: Draws a conceptual boundary many assume away — that anti-Muslim fear is not merely generic racism or right-wing authoritarianism under another name.
• XREF: Plausibly connects to The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Hamid) and Saqib-adjacent readings of post-9/11 prejudice as its own register rather than a subset of ethnic bias.