Islamophobic imagery varies by context and reveals the Islamophobe more than Muslims.
Evidence
At the same time, Islamophobic images are fluid and vary in different contexts, because Islamophobia tells us more about the Islamophobe than it tells us about the Muslims/Islam. — Wikipedia contributors, Islamophobia, 193
Categorization
- APHORISMS: A compact piece of wisdom: the character of a prejudice discloses the prejudiced, not its target, and so should be read as a mirror rather than a description.
- XREF: Resonates with Muslims in the Western Imagination, where monstrous Muslim figures are projections of Western fantasy rather than portraits of real people.