A short overview of the concept of Islamophobia, using the Runnymede Trust definition and 5 closed points, together with a brief definition as anti-Muslim prejudice. Also some discussion of how Islamophobia is a form of description that overlaps with (and is a form of) racism. Part of the course on the Challenges of Multiculturalism that I am developing on Udemy.

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What is Islamophobia?
Dr Malory Nye
malorynye.com

2. Islamophobia

3. anti-Muslim
prejudice or hatred

4. unfair or bad
treatment on the basis
of being Muslim

5. not a phobia
(like arachnophobia)

6. Runnymede Trust
1997
Islamophobia:
a challenge for us all

7. “unfounded hostility towards
Muslims, and therefore fear
or dislike of all or most
Muslims”

8. five closed attitudes:
1. monolithic
2. does not share common values
3. archaic and barbaric
4. religion of violence
5. violent political ideology

9. evidence of prejudice against
Muslims

10. Islamophobia a
form of racism

11. Muslims not a
racial group

12. but racism not only
about skin colour

13. negative perceptions
of difference

14. how people look
how they behave
how they speak
what they do

15. = “cultural” differences

16. religious differences
part of this (culture)

17. anti-Muslim prejudice

18. treating person or
group badly due to
them being Muslim