Islamophobia

Islamophobia refers to the prejudice, discrimination, and systemic hostility directed against Islam and Muslims, understood here as a structural phenomenon that operates within institutions such as academia and governance, functions as a policy instrument, and can itself be operationalized or co-opted through labeling and manufactured narratives.

Claims that use this term

• The Islamophobia that structures academia also intrudes into mosque conversion guidance
• The Islamophobia definition is a policy instrument, not merely analysis
• The Islamophobia concept was born partly from Runnymede’s earlier antisemitism work
• The Islamophobia label can itself silence internal critique
• The Islamophobia industry actively manufactured belief in Obama’s secret Muslim identity.