Islamophobia is the meaning disseminated about Muslims and Islam rather than any single act
Evidence
To substantiate an exclusionary practice therefore, there must be clear evidence that identifies it as a consequence of Islamophobia. To achieve this, one must know what is meant by Islamophobia and what this entails. … However, it has been noted throughout that a number of visual, verbal, textual and other products are in evidence through which certain meanings about Muslims and Islam are disseminated. Whilst these are sometimes vastly different and multifarious, there does appear to be a largely similar albeit protean process underpinning them: the EUMC’s ‘certain identifiable phenomenon’. If Islamophobia is that ‘certain identifiable phenomenon’, it must also be that Islamophobia is that meaning disseminated about Muslims and Islam. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 818
Categorization
- DEFINE: Allen anchors his definition in the EUMC’s ‘certain identifiable phenomenon’ and equates Islamophobia with a disseminated meaning — a definitional stance distinguishing him from Bleich’s attitudinal concept-formation.
- XREF: connects to: Islamophobic presumption attaches to anyone perceived as Muslim, regardless of belief or practice. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 473; Definitional choices about ‘Islamophobia’ are political acts with real consequences — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 652; Islamophobia is best understood by what it does rather than by defining its boundaries — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 178 (+17 more)
Broader Connections
- Islamophobia is an ideology sustaining negative meaning about Muslims.
#corroborates(0.90) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 910 - Conceptualizing Islamophobia must separate its forms from the phenomenon itself
#expands(0.78) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 653 - Islamophobia is a largely unwarranted social anxiety about Islam and Muslims
#qualifies(0.75) - Islamophobia denotes fear, hatred, and hostility toward Muslims and Islam.
#qualifies(0.75) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 31