Islamophobia is real but resists empirical proof, and the term stays despite flaws.

Evidence

As a result, adequate justification was located to conclude that Islamophobia as a ‘certain identifiable phenomenon’ did indeed exist but was difficult to substantiate empirically, what with most of the evidence and subsequent justification for it being primarily theoretical. nonetheless, it was concluded that this was enough to establish that Islamophobia was a real phenomenon. As regards naming that phenomenon, reluctantly it was decided that ‘Islamophobia’, at the present juncture at least, remained the best if not only option that could be realistically employed. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 917

Categorization

• XREF: Directly engages the reader’s survey: Allen’s conclusion on the Runnymede question of whether Islamophobia exists, and his reluctant retention of the neologism touching Halliday’s terminological critique. — connects to: Islamophobia names a real social reality despite being imprecise and polemical. — Erik Bleich, What Is Islamophobia and How Much Is…, 21; Islamophobia persists as a term despite definitional failure because it is now socially real — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 616; Islamophobia need not rest on false claims, so debunking accuracy misses the point — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 905 (+4 more)

Related

• Islamophobia names a real social reality despite being imprecise and polemical. (similarity 0.92)
• Islamophobia persists as a term despite definitional failure because it is now socially real (similarity 0.91)
• The term Islamophobia demands a better-grounded, contestable definition (similarity 0.88)
• Contested definitions of Islamophobia deepen the rift over its existence (similarity 0.88)
• Islamophobia’s contestation stems from a failure to define or conceptualise it. (similarity 0.88)
• Poor evidence plus subjective definitions make Islamophobia easy to dismiss (similarity 0.87)
• Islamophobia need not rest on false beliefs about Islam or Muslims. (similarity 0.87)
• Islamophobia is an ideology sustaining negative meaning about Muslims. (similarity 0.86)
• Conceptualizing Islamophobia must separate its forms from the phenomenon itself (similarity 0.86)
• Defining Islamophobia as ‘unfounded’ makes its denial subjectively defensible (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia need not rest on false claims, so debunking accuracy misses the point (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia must be treated as a neutral social-scientific concept, not a political term. (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia’s definitional looseness makes it a contested and unstable concept in Europe (similarity 0.86)
• Efforts to define Islam are what define understanding of Islamophobia (similarity 0.86)
• Islamophobia must be defined at the level of the signified phenomenon, not its signs (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia persists as a term despite definitional failure because it is now socially real #corroborates (0.95) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 616
• Islamophobia need not rest on false claims, so debunking accuracy misses the point #expands (0.85) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 905
• Defining Islamophobia as ‘unfounded’ makes its denial subjectively defensible #expands (0.82) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 657
• Islamophobia’s contestation stems from a failure to define or conceptualise it. #corroborates (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 913
• Denying Islamophobia as ideas-criticism enables anti-Muslim feeling disconnected from real Muslims. #expands (0.75) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 139
• Islamophobia must be defined at the level of the signified phenomenon, not its signs #qualifies (0.72) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 757