Islamophobia remains Europe’s one tolerated and even encouraged racist ideology
Evidence
The good news is that in many parts of Europe today, anti-Semitism and other forms of racism are rightfully condemned and punished. However, Islamophobia still remains the one racist ideology which can still often go unpunished, or even encouraged. Recent global events have allowed Europe’s far-right ultra-nationalists to make Islamophobia this century’s ugly form of European xenophobia which is tolerated by the general public at-large. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 486
Categorization
- XREF: Reverses the premise in the reader’s retained note that Islamophobia and anti-Semitism mirror each other; here they diverge in enforcement. — connects to: European nations tolerated Nazism because it was first used against non-European peoples.; Unconscious anti-Arab bias kept a European open only to a fellow non-Arab’s call — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 546; Islamophobia remains more socially acceptable than other Western prejudices — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 710 (+11 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 486
Related
- Islamophobia remains more socially acceptable than other Western prejudices (similarity 0.89)
- Islamophobia remains socially acceptable while other bigotries bring reprimand (similarity 0.87)
- European Islamophobia has moved from the far right into the political mainstream. (similarity 0.86)
- European football leagues are permeated by Islamophobic white supremacy (similarity 0.85)
- Anti-Semitism secured pure nation-states while Islamophobia preserves European civilization. (similarity 0.85)
- Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice (similarity 0.84)
- Islamophobia rests on a false notion of European ethnic purity (similarity 0.84)
- European anti-Semitism and Islamophobia mirror each other in structure. (similarity 0.84)
- Islamophobia remains legitimate while racism has become illegitimate (similarity 0.84)
- European hostility toward Muslims exceeds even hostility toward other immigrants (similarity 0.83)
- Holocaust commemoration in Europe has intensified anti-Muslim prejudice (similarity 0.83)
- European bigotry presumes Jews and Muslims have somewhere else to go. (similarity 0.83)
- A country famed for religious tolerance now leads European Islamophobia (similarity 0.83)
- Islamophobia and racial prejudice are entangled in distinct ways across Western contexts (similarity 0.82)
- Islamophobia is an ideology, not a set of actions or practices (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- Islamophobia remains socially acceptable while other bigotries bring reprimand
#corroborates(0.85) - A country famed for religious tolerance now leads European Islamophobia
#exemplifies(0.70) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 517 - Islamophobia is systemic and institutionalized, not merely individual prejudice
#expands(0.70) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 641 - Islamophobia has become the dominant prejudice in Western societies
#expands(0.65) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 15 - Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice
#expands(0.60) - Explicit Islamophobia has become an effective electoral strategy
#expands(0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 508