Islamophobia is an ideology sustaining negative meaning about Muslims.

Evidence

Islamophobia is an ideology, similar in theory, function and purpose to racism and other similar phenomena, that sustains and perpetuates negatively evaluated meaning about Muslims and Islam in the contemporary setting in similar ways to that which it has historically, although not necessarily as a continuum, subsequently pertaining, influencing and impacting upon social action, interaction, response and so on, shaping and determining understanding, perceptions and attitudes in the social consensus – the shared languages and conceptual maps – that inform and construct thinking about Muslims and Islam as Other. neither restricted to explicit nor direct relationships of power and domination but instead, and possibly even more importantly, in the less explicit and everyday relationships of power that we contemporarily encounter, identified both in that which is real and that which is clearly not, both of which can be extremely difficult to differentiate between. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 910

Categorization

• DEFINE: This is the book’s central, synthesizing definition of Islamophobia as ideology, rejecting both the Runnymede ‘open/closed views’ frame and Bleich’s attitude-based formulation.
• XREF: Builds directly on Robert Miles’s theories of racism and John Thompson’s neutral conception of ideology, aligning with a critical Muslim studies/decolonial framing against Bleich’s social-scientific neutral concept-formation. — connects to: Islamophobia is defined as anti-Muslim racism, not merely fear or dislike — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 48; Islamophobia centers on recognition of Muslim-ness and its ideological meaning — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 574; Islamophobia is the meaning disseminated about Muslims and Islam rather than any single act — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 818 (+14 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 910

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia denotes fear, hatred, and hostility toward Muslims and Islam. #expands (0.90) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 31
• Islamophobia is best understood as an ideology akin to racism #corroborates (0.85) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 910
• Islamophobia comprises ideology, modes of operation, and exclusionary practices #expands (0.85) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 918
• Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice #corroborates (0.80)
• Islamophobia operates as cultural racism rooted in religion, culture, and ethnicity rather than biology. #expands (0.80) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 92
• Islamophobia is a largely unwarranted social anxiety about Islam and Muslims #contradicts (0.75)