ABSTRACT
Islamophobia is increasingly treated as a form of racism in scholarship on its ideological and structural patterns in the West. Prior to providing an inventory of recent hate crimes and executive orders, which form some of the structural components of anti-Muslim racism in the US, it is important to understand why, on the ideological level, Islamophobic ideas are capable of gaining so much traction in the US. Prior to providing an inventory of recent hate crimes and executive orders, which form some of the structural components of anti-Muslim racism in the US, it is important to understand why, on the ideological level, Islamophobic ideas are capable of gaining so much traction in the US. The domestic Islamophobia movement and its endorsement by sectors of US leadership have fostered a broader animosity towards Muslims and more violent forms of attack than that which characterized the post-9/11 years.
