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What is Islamophobia?
Every Muslim nowadays is aware of this term but how many of us really know about this? Let’s get educated with a concise research.
Let’s start- Bismillah(In the name of Allah)

Islamophobia is defined by oxford dictionary as ‘Dislike of or prejudice against Islam or muslims, especially as a political force’.
In 1997, the Runnymede commission defined Islamophobia as, ‘An outlook or world-view involving on unfounded dread and dislike of muslims,
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which resulted in practises of exclusion and discrimination. The report argued that Islamophobia produced ‘closed views’ of Islam, which could be understood as viewing Islam monolithically, and as an ideological adversary which needed combating and
disciplining.

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In 2017, Runnymede reissued a short definition, ‘Islamophobia is anti muslim racism’.

Islamophobia became a breeding ground for stereotypes which are against the dignity of Islam and Muslims.

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What are Islamophobic stereotypes?

-Monolithic and static
-Separate and ‘other’
-Inferior to the west
-Barbaric, irrational, primitive and sexist
-Violent, aggressive, supportive of terrorism
-Engaged in a clash of civilisations
- A political ideology.