Islamophobia reifies Muslims into a predictable composite group that can be managed and controlled.

Evidence

As indicated in chapter 1, a key component of Islamophobia is the tendency to portray Muslims as a monolithic bloc. Once Muslims are regarded as fundamentally sharing the same attitudes and commitments, it is not difficult to conclude that one violent Muslim, or one intolerant Muslim, makes all Muslims violent or intolerant. The events discussed in this chapter demonstrate how the actions of a few—Muhammad Bouyeri in Amsterdam, four young men in the London bombings, or a handful of imams from Denmark—are often presumed to be representative of all or most Muslims. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 433 (#expands, via linked claim)

Islamophobia therefore is at times little more than an indiscriminate and all-encompassing term that is employed to satisfy or appease a vast spectrum of commentators, actors and perpetrators in varying different ways. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 542 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Islamophilia essentializes Muslims just as Islamophobia does. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 783; Islamophobia operates by reducing Muslims to a monolithic bloc — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 433; Islamophobia has coalesced Muslims into a distinct racial group and Islam into a race. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 61 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Islamophobia operates by reducing Muslims to a monolithic bloc #expands (0.95) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 433
• Islamophobia functions as an indiscriminate umbrella term serving varied agendas #complicates (0.72) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 542