Orientalism and Islamophobia are related but not identical concepts

Evidence

Orientalism and Islamophobia, however, are not identical concepts. We must keep in mind that some Orientalist scholars held deep admiration and respect for the languages, histories, and religious convictions of Muslim peoples. An Orientalist is not by definition someone who fears or detests Islam, though plenty of Orientalists did harbor such feelings. Moreover, many Orientalists were academics who studied Islam professionally. Orientalist thought was not confined to the academy. Artists, government officials, and travelers to the East also contributed to Orientalism. But it is difficult to understand Orientalism apart from its connection to the academic world. Islamophobia, by contrast, is not something that emanates first and foremost from the scholarly study of Islam or Arab peoples. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 236

Categorization

• DEFINE: Deliberately delimits what Islamophobia excludes — namely professional scholarly admiration — answering the reader’s ‘what it deliberately excludes’ query.
• XREF: connects to: Nineteenth-century Orientalism portrayed Islam as a monolithic, fixed, inferior essence. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 194; Orientalism sustains the credibility of preexisting Muslim monster images; Orientalist Muslim dehumanization legitimizes colonial and imperial adventures — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 44 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Orientalism sustains the credibility of preexisting Muslim monster images #corroborates (0.50)