Islamophobia need not rest on false beliefs about Islam or Muslims.

Evidence

What is important though is that unlike previous conceptualisations of Islamophobia and the notion that such had to be ‘unfounded’, here a categorical acknowledgement is being made to confirm that irrespective of that which is real or unreal, whether attributed and characterised individually, communally or both, such symbolic forms and the ideological meaning that is disseminated about Muslims and Islam can emerge from and indeed be incorporated within that which is real as much as that which is unreal. From this premise, Islamophobia no longer has to be seen as a purely false doctrine, perpetuated solely on the basis of misunderstandings and inaccuracies. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 826

Categorization

• XREF: Directly attacks the Runnymede ‘unfounded/false doctrine’ premise — the very footing of the original 1997 open/closed framework. — connects to: Islamophobic presumption attaches to anyone perceived as Muslim, regardless of belief or practice. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 473; Muslim identity cannot be reduced to religion alone — Fred Halliday, ‘Islamophobia’ Reconsidered, 43; Hostility today targets Muslims as a people, not Islam as a faith. — Fred Halliday, ‘Islamophobia’ Reconsidered, 48 (+7 more)
• QUESTION: How does this ‘real as much as unreal’ move interact with Bleich’s neutral ‘negative attitudes’ definition which similarly avoids truth-claims about Islam?

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia need not rest on false claims, so debunking accuracy misses the point #expands (0.95) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 905
• Islamophobia should be analyzed as power-relations rather than as error about Islam. #expands (0.85) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 828
• Denying Islamophobia as ideas-criticism enables anti-Muslim feeling disconnected from real Muslims. #expands (0.85) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 139
• Defining Islamophobia as ‘unfounded’ makes its denial subjectively defensible #corroborates (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 657
• Refusing to narrate Muslim experience can itself constitute latent Islamophobia #exemplifies (0.75) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 379