Islamophobia is defined as anti-Muslim racism, not merely fear or dislike

Evidence

Definition: Islamophobia is anti-Muslim racism. … Longer definition: Islamophobia is any distinction, exclusion, or restriction towards, or preference against, Muslims (or those perceived to be Muslims) that has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life. — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 48

Definition: Islamophobia is anti-Muslim racism. … Longer definition: Islamophobia is any distinction, exclusion or restriction towards, or preference against, Muslims (or those perceived to be Muslims) that has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life. — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 98

Racism has been argued to be a focal element of ethnic inequalities in health (Williams 1999, Krieger 2003, Nazroo 2003, Paradies et al. 2015), impacting on the health of ethnic minority people through differential exposure to socioeconomic, environmental, psychosocial and healthcare-related pathways. In this chapter we explore the implications of this for the health of Muslim people in the UK, with the intention of illustrating how Islamophobia, racism targeted towards Islam or Muslims, harms the health of Muslim people. — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 306

Categorization

• DEFINE: The core definitional move of the entire report — Runnymede’s official short and long definitions of Islamophobia.
• XREF: The long-form definition borrows the UN definition of racism verbatim; this is the key racialization turn that contrasts with Bleich’s neutral ‘negative attitudes or emotions’ definition and Halliday’s ‘anti-Muslimism’ critique. — connects to: The Runnymede Trust defines Islamophobia as a form of racism against Muslims — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 53; The term phobia in Islamophobia denotes discrimination, not clinical fear. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 94; Islamophobia is best understood and countered as a form of anti-Muslim racism. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 116 (+24 more)
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 48; Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 98; Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 306

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia denotes fear, hatred, and hostility toward Muslims and Islam. #contradicts (0.90) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 31
• Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice #corroborates (0.90)
• Islamophobia is a largely unwarranted social anxiety about Islam and Muslims #contradicts (0.90)
• Islamophobia is best understood as an ideology akin to racism #corroborates (0.85) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 910
• Islamophobia is an ideology sustaining negative meaning about Muslims. #expands (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 910
• The term Islamophobia demands a better-grounded, contestable definition #responds-to (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 102
• 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 systemic and institutionalized, not merely individual prejudice #expands (0.80) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 641
• Islamophobia is the meaning disseminated about Muslims and Islam rather than any single act #expands (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 818
• Islamophobia centers on recognition of Muslim-ness and its ideological meaning #expands (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 574
• Contested definitions of Islamophobia deepen the rift over its existence #complicates (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 37
• Defining Islamophobia as ‘unfounded’ makes its denial subjectively defensible #complicates (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 657
• Separating Islamophobia as ideology from racism undermines anti-racist struggle #qualifies (0.70) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 159
• Efforts to define Islam are what define understanding of Islamophobia #complicates (0.70) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 415
• Islamophobia as a term originated as an activist denunciatory label, not an analytical concept #complicates (0.70) — Erik Bleich, What Is Islamophobia and How Much Is…, 6