Islamophobia resists fixed definition due to conceptual stretching over time.

Evidence

When we consider the contested meanings of the term Islamophobia, we need to note what AbdoolKarim Vakil has called the “conceptual stretching” of the term as it travels. Islamophobia has meant different things in different contexts and at different times. The rapid take-off of the term over the past twenty or so years has meant that those seeking a fixed definition have struggled to keep up. So perhaps a good place to begin is with the usefully circumspect definition offered by the famous Runnymede Trust Report of 1997, which defined Islamophobia as “the dread, hatred and hostility towards Islam and Muslims perpetrated by a series of closed views that imply and attribute negative and derogatory stereotypes and beliefs” to Muslims. The results of such prejudice, including marginalization, securitization, and sometimes violent physical attack, warrant comparison of Islamophobia with other forms of racism, such as anti-Semitism. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 36

Categorization

• DEFINE: Provides the canonized 1997 Runnymede Trust definition, presumably cited throughout the book — useful anchor term.
• QUESTION: Worth chasing: Morey leans on the 1997 definition — which later revisions or contestations of Runnymede (or of the term itself) would the reader need to know?
• XREF: The phrase ‘conceptual stretching’ connects to the moral-panic analytical frame and to the reader’s interest in using anti-Semitism comparison. — connects to: the MOC “The Enemy-Making Machine: How Ourselves, the True, and Every Other Are Built from War”
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 36