Islamophobia (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Confronting Islamophobia in educational practice, c2004: p. x (Islamophobia, an irrational distrust, fear, or rejection of the Muslim religion and those who are perceived as Muslims; Islamophobia connected to intolerance towards minorities in general; related to xenophobia) p. 1 (the term Islamophobia is relatively new; similar in concept to antisemitism) p. 18 (due to Islamophobia, Muslims are now suffering open discrimination and prejudice in all public domains)

Muslim Britain : communities under pressure, c2005: p. 11 (The fear or dread of Islam or Muslim is described as Islamophobia; current Islamophobia is related to experiences of colonialism, decolonisation, immigration, and racism; Islamophobia created analagously to xenophobia) p. 49 (anti-Muslim racism, anti-Muslimism, or (as most writers term it) Islamophobia)

The new Crusades : constructing the Muslim enemy, c2003: p. 153 (early in the Reagan era, when Islamophobia was beginning to supplement anticommunism as the great animating hostility of American political life)

Unlearning intolerance, confronting Islamophobia, 2004 (Issue 4) (root causes of Islamophobia go back to Islam's rise; one scholar preferred term "anti-Islamism" so as to focus on the victims)

OED online, May 8, 2005