Islamophobic
Hostile toward Muslims
Islamophobic describes attitudes, actions, or rhetoric hostile to Islam or Muslims.
Someone Islamophobic harbors prejudice against Muslims as a group, often conflating the religion with terrorism or viewing Muslim immigrants as threats: The politician's Islamophobic comments drew widespread condemnation.
The noun is Islamophobia.
Prejudice toward Muslims
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
stereotyping · scapegoating · vilification · demonization · profiling · othering · dehumanization · marginalization
Uncontrollable sudden fear
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- distrustAbsence of confidence
apprehension · alarm · hysteria · moral panic · fearmongering · securitization · surveillance
Closed thinking, limited perspective
- ignoranceAbsence of knowledge
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
sectarianism · supremacism · ultranationalism · jingoism · exclusion · ostracism · hijab bans · religious intolerance
anti-Muslim
Prejudice toward Muslims
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
prejudice · stereotyping · scapegoating · vilification · demonization · profiling · othering · dehumanization · marginalization · defamation
panic
Uncontrollable sudden fear
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
distrust · apprehension · alarm · hysteria · moral panic · fearmongering · securitization · surveillance
narrow-mindedness
Closed thinking, limited perspective
- ignoranceAbsence of knowledge
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
chauvinism · sectarianism · supremacism · ultranationalism · jingoism · exclusion · ostracism · hijab bans · religious intolerance · othering
Islamophobicpro-Muslim
Supportive of Islamic adherents
tolerant · accepting · pluralistic · open-minded · inclusive
Islamophobicantisemitic
Prejudiced against Jewish people
anti-Christian · anti-Hindu · anti-Buddhist · unprejudiced · unbiased