Islamophobia is best understood as an ideology akin to racism

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. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 910

Categorization

• DEFINE: This is Allen’s own proposed definition, the culmination of the book’s entire argument — the key definitional artifact.
• XREF: Directly engages Robert Miles’s theories of racism and John Thompson’s neutral ideology, both named in [917]-[918]. — connects to: Anti-Muslim discrimination should be fought through existing anti-racism frameworks — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 58; Islamophobia is best understood and countered as a form of anti-Muslim racism. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 116; 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 (+31 more)

Related

• Islamophobia is an ideology sustaining negative meaning about Muslims. (similarity 0.93)
• Islamophobia is best understood and countered as a form of anti-Muslim racism. (similarity 0.92)
• Islamophobia is an ideology, not a set of actions or practices (similarity 0.89)
• Islamophobia operates as a racial formation, not merely religious prejudice (similarity 0.88)
• Islamophobia centers on recognition of Muslim-ness and its ideological meaning (similarity 0.88)
• Islamophobia comprises ideology, modes of operation, and exclusionary practices (similarity 0.88)
• Interpreting Islamophobia solely as cultural racism essentialises and reduces the faith (similarity 0.88)
• Islamophobia is best understood by what it does rather than by defining its boundaries (similarity 0.88)
• Islamophobia is rarely analyzed through the lens of race and racism. (similarity 0.88)
• Islamophobia is an ideology justifying racism, not a Hegelian dialectic. (similarity 0.88)
• Islamophobia requires an acknowledged Muslim or Islamic element to be identified. (similarity 0.88)
• Miles and Brown argue anti-Muslim phenomena fit existing racism and xenophobia theories (similarity 0.87)
• Efforts to define Islam are what define understanding of Islamophobia (similarity 0.87)
• Mainstream anti-Islamophobia defense framed bias as cultural misunderstanding, not racism (similarity 0.87)
• Islamophobia is defined through Thompson’s neutral conception of ideology (similarity 0.87)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice #corroborates (0.95)
• Islamophobia operates as cultural racism rooted in religion, culture, and ethnicity rather than biology. #expands (0.90) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 92
• Islamophobia is systemic and institutionalized, not merely individual prejudice #expands (0.80) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 641
• Liberal Islamophobia is racist and imperialist despite its gentler rhetoric #exemplifies (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 430