Islamophobia parallels anti-Semitism as hatred toward resident minorities in Christendom

Evidence

In our own time, once again we see mounting tensions and hostilities, due in large measure to that early primitive human and animal instinct already mentioned—the mistrust of those who are different. In part of course it is also due to a genuine perception of threat from large new minorities, seen as unassimil­ able. The threat may or may not be genuine; the perception is certainly genuine, and has given rise to a new phenomenon, sometimes called Islamophobia, an equivalent of anti-Semitism, directed against the new Muslim residents in Chris­ tendom, as anti-Semitism was directed against the Jewish residents in Christendom. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1042

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Islamophobia explicitly as ‘the equivalent of anti-Semitism directed against Muslim residents in Christendom’.