Sardar framed Islamophobia as a transhistorical transitory descriptor akin to anti-Semitism.

Evidence

Consequently, the term was both transitory and retrospective, functioning in much the same way as anti-Semitism: a descriptor that is able to be employed to refer to all historical and paradigmatic anti-Muslim, anti-Islamic phenomena. Whilst Sardar’s Islamophobia was therefore historical, transitory and retrospective, others have suggested otherwise. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 77

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes the historical/transitory paradigm of Islamophobia, one pole of the definitional debate against which later racialized and contemporary-only definitions react.
• XREF: connects to: The Runnymede Trust originated Islamophobia as a concept via its anti-Semitism report — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 263; Sardar’s continuity thesis on Islamophobia does not survive historical scrutiny — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 197; European anti-Semitism and Islamophobia mirror each other in structure. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 465 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Sardar’s continuity thesis on Islamophobia does not survive historical scrutiny #complicates (0.80) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 197
• European anti-Semitism and Islamophobia mirror each other in structure. #expands (0.80) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 465
• Anti-Muslim hate replicates anti-Semitic tropes and spreads between targeted groups #expands (0.78) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 210
• Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are parallel projects of majority exclusion #expands (0.75) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 482
• Islamophobia denotes fear, hatred, and hostility toward Muslims and Islam. #qualifies (0.75) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 31
• Nineteenth-century State racism reutilized older religious anti-Semitism for biological exclusion #complicates (0.72) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 105
• Religious anti-Semitism need not enter the state-racism genealogy until the nineteenth century #qualifies (0.72) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 104