No other group faces such unchecked denigration as Muslims

Evidence

One of the important shifts in the expression of racism over recent decades has been the rise of Islamophobia. Poynting and Mason (2007), among others, describe how Muslim people have become the primary focus for distrust and victimization in the UK and elsewhere, and studies show parallel increases in experiences of and fear of racism among Muslim people over the first decade of the 21st century (Karlsen and Nazroo 2014). Muslim people are repeatedly described as the social group most frequently discriminated against (Kitchen et al. 2005), and there is evidence that prejudice against Muslim people (as well as gay and lesbian people) is considered more socially acceptable than that against any other group (Abrams and Houston 2006). — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 312 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Anti-Muslim prejudice is considered more socially acceptable than any other group’s — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 312; Islamophobia remains socially acceptable while other bigotries bring reprimand; Power protects covert anti-Muslim racism from any confrontation. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 509

Related

• Anti-Muslim prejudice is considered more socially acceptable than any other group’s (similarity 0.93)
• Anti-Islamic and anti-Muslim attitudes are distinct but overlapping targets of prejudice (similarity 0.82)
• Atavistic group-character research remains acceptable for Muslims though not for others (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia requires an acknowledged Muslim or Islamic element to be identified. (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia remains socially acceptable while other bigotries bring reprimand (similarity 0.81)
• Power protects covert anti-Muslim racism from any confrontation. (similarity 0.80)
• Muslims were told anti-Muslim racism cannot exist because Muslims are not a race (similarity 0.80)
• Islamophobic backlash is wildly disproportionate to any actual Muslim threat (similarity 0.80)
• Scholars moved from ethnic to religious penalties to explain Muslim disadvantage (similarity 0.80)
• Islamophobia remains more socially acceptable than other Western prejudices (similarity 0.80)
• Separating Islamophobia as ideology from racism undermines anti-racist struggle (similarity 0.79)
• Defensive Muslim groups accommodate rather than confront the racist frame imposed on them (similarity 0.79)
• Anti-racism requires defending all discriminated groups, not only one’s own (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophobia is best understood and countered as a form of anti-Muslim racism. (similarity 0.79)
• Anti-Muslim discrimination should be fought through existing anti-racism frameworks (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Anti-Muslim prejudice is considered more socially acceptable than any other group’s #corroborates (0.95) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 312
• Islamophobia remains socially acceptable while other bigotries bring reprimand #corroborates (0.92)