Islamophobia is rarely analyzed through the lens of race and racism.
Evidence
With some important exceptions, it is striking to observe the virtual absence of an established literature on race and racism in the discussion of Islamophobia; something that is only marginally more present in the discussion of antisemitism. … To this we can add an obstacle that is less analytical and more political: namely, the discursive opposition to placing antisemitism and Islamophobia within the same tier as each other, and in the same register as race. — Nasar Meer, Racialization and Religion, 18
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the broader debate in critical race theory about whether anti-Muslim prejudice operates as a racial formation, and to the wider literature Meer is situating himself within. — connects to: Realist racial-formation theory treats religious-flavored premodern hostility as not a form of race. — Nasar Meer, Racialization and Religion: Race,…, 21; Parallel racialization logics target Jews and Muslims across eras. — Nasar Meer, Racialization and Religion: Race,…, 40; Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice (+5 more)
- recurring: this claim recurs 3 times within its source
Broader Connections
- Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice
#contradicts(0.90) - Islamophobia operates as a racial formation, not merely religious prejudice
#contradicts(0.85) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 46 - Islamophobia is best understood as an ideology akin to racism
#contradicts(0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 910 - Islamophobia operates as cultural racism rooted in religion, culture, and ethnicity rather than biology.
#contradicts(0.80) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 92 - Islamophobia against women ties into racism and fear of nonwhite minorities
#expands(0.75) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 513