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The Runnymede Trust defines Islamophobia as having the following characteristics:

The Runnymede Trust defines Islamophobia as having the following characteristics:

:1) Islam is seen as a monolithic bloc, static and unresponsive to change.  

# Islam is seen as a monolithic bloc, static and unresponsive to change.  

:2) Islam is seen as separate and “other”. It does not have values in common with other cultures, is not affected by them and does not influence them.  

#Islam is seen as separate and “other”. It does not have values in common with other cultures, is not affected by them and does not influence them.  

:3) Islam is seen as inferior to the West. It is seen as barbaric, irrational, primitive, and sexist.  

#Islam is seen as inferior to the West. It is seen as barbaric, irrational, primitive, and sexist.  

:4) Islam is seen as violent, aggressive, threatening, supportive of terrorism, and engaged in a Clash of Civilizations.  

#Islam is seen as violent, aggressive, threatening, supportive of terrorism, and engaged in a Clash of Civilizations.  

:5) Islam is seen as a political ideology, used for political or military advantage.  

#Islam is seen as a political ideology, used for political or military advantage.  

:6) Criticisms made of 'the West' by Islam are rejected out of hand.  

#Criticisms made of 'the West' by Islam are rejected out of hand.  

:7) Hostility towards Islam is used to justify discriminatory practices towards Muslims and exclusion of Muslims from mainstream society.  

#Hostility towards Islam is used to justify discriminatory practices towards Muslims and exclusion of Muslims from mainstream society.  

:8) Anti-Muslim hostility is seen as natural and normal.  

#Anti-Muslim hostility is seen as natural and normal.  

==Liberal Islamophobia==

==Liberal Islamophobia==

[[Stephen Schwartz]], an American [[writer]] and critic of [[Wahabbism]], has stated that although the charge of Islamophobia is sometimes leveled too quickly against an opponent, that it is still a real phenomenon,<ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17874</ref> which he defines as:

[[Stephen Schwartz]], an American [[writer]] and critic of [[Wahabbism]], has stated that although the charge of Islamophobia is sometimes leveled too quickly against an opponent, that it is still a real phenomenon,<ref>http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17874</ref> which he defines as:

:1) Attacking the entire religion of Islam as a problem for the world;  

#Attacking the entire religion of Islam as a problem for the world;

:2) Condemning all of Islam and its history as extremist;  

#Condemning all of Islam and its history as extremist;  

:3) Denying the active existence, in the contemporary world, of a moderate Muslim majority;  

#Denying the active existence, in the contemporary world, of a moderate Muslim majority;

:4) Insisting that Muslims accede to the demands of non-Muslims (based on ignorance and arrogance) for various theological changes, in their religion;  

#Insisting that Muslims accede to the demands of non-Muslims (based on ignorance and arrogance) for various theological changes, in their religion;  

:5) Treating all conflicts involving Muslims (including, for example, that in Bosnia-Hercegovina a decade ago), as the fault of Muslims themselves;  

#Treating all conflicts involving Muslims (including, for example, that in Bosnia-Hercegovina a decade ago), as the fault of Muslims themselves;  

:6) Inciting war against Islam as a whole.

#Inciting war against Islam as a whole.

[[Daniel Pipes]] argues that the word Islamophobia conflates "fear of Islam and fear of radical Islam" and is used to suppress all criticism of Islam including radical Islam. Even moderate Muslims who critically examine the excesses of fellow Muslims are labeled Islamophobes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meforum.org/pipes/3075/islamophobia|title=Islamophobia?|author=Daniel Pipes|publication=Middle East Forum|date=Oct 25, 2005}}</ref> The term is used to make Muslims another victim-group.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/islamophobia-is-a-fabrication-20090329-9fjm.html?page=-1|title=Islamophobia is a fabrication|author=Paul Sheehan|date=March 30, 2009|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> Paul Jackson in his study of anti-Islamic politics in the UK, criticizes the Runnymede criteria as lacking in distinctions. He points out the term prevents justifiable examination of jihadi groups.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.radicalism-new-media.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/The_EDL_Britains_New_Far_Right_Social_Movement.pdf|author=Paul Jackson|page=10|title=The EDL}}</ref>

[[Daniel Pipes]] argues that the word Islamophobia conflates "fear of Islam and fear of radical Islam" and is used to suppress all criticism of Islam including radical Islam. Even moderate Muslims who critically examine the excesses of fellow Muslims are labeled Islamophobes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meforum.org/pipes/3075/islamophobia|title=Islamophobia?|author=Daniel Pipes|publication=Middle East Forum|date=Oct 25, 2005}}</ref> The term is used to make Muslims another victim-group.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/islamophobia-is-a-fabrication-20090329-9fjm.html?page=-1|title=Islamophobia is a fabrication|author=Paul Sheehan|date=March 30, 2009|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> Paul Jackson in his study of anti-Islamic politics in the UK, criticizes the Runnymede criteria as lacking in distinctions. He points out the term prevents justifiable examination of jihadi groups.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.radicalism-new-media.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/The_EDL_Britains_New_Far_Right_Social_Movement.pdf|author=Paul Jackson|page=10|title=The EDL}}</ref>