Islamophobia

noun

Is·​lam·​o·​pho·​bia is-ˌlä-mə-ˈfō-bē-ə 

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: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against Islam or people who practice Islam

Islamophobe

is-ˈlä-mə-ˌfōb 

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noun

Islamophobic

is-ˌlä-mə-ˈfō-bik 

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adjective

Examples of Islamophobia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those steps include creating a systemwide civil rights office, issuing new policies about protests on campus, opposing calls for boycott against divestment from Israel and allocating $7 million for training and mental health support to prevent antisemitism and Islamophobia. —Nadia Lopez, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025

There have been allegations of antisemitism and Islamophobia in protests and counterprotests. —Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025

Those protests spread to campuses across the nation and resulted in thousands of arrests, a flurry of charges of antisemitism and Islamophobia, debates about the free speech rights and their limits, and the departures of several other high-profile university presidents. —Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025

The Department of Justice did not respond to requests for comment on whether there were similar reviews over allegations of Islamophobia and anti-Arab bias, according to Reuters. —Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Islamophobia

• claustrophobia
• homophobia
• hydrophobia
• photophobia
• xenophobia
• agoraphobia
• phobia
• rhizobia