On what date did Islam officially become a "race"? [Spirituality & Religion]

Islamophobia [i]is[/i] a type of racism. People question the authenticity in the word because they claim it's avoids the criticism of islam. If you allow your prejudices to affect your treatment of another being such as being insulting or even more harmful then you, my friend are an islamophobe. It's simple. Simply disliking islam doesn't make you an islamophobe, it makes you a human with an opinion.

Yes islam isn't a race but the word racist is the go-to word when implying prejudice. It's important to note how people also usually associate a particular race to a religion. In America people think Arabs, In England people think Asians.
Truth is, yes Muslims are a diverse religious grouping, but we all share basic islamic culture. Racism is deeper than someones skin colour. "Cultural racism" is now being discussed, (feel free to research just in case you think I busted out some random term lol) People are othered and discriminated against not simply because of the colour of their skin but because of their beliefs and practices associated with some “imagined culture.”

So yes, islamophobia can be racist. Cultural racism, therefore, occurs when certain people perceive their beliefs and customs as being culturally superior to the beliefs and customs of other groups of people. It reproduces a concept of hierarchy of cultures meaning, in the context of current affairs, that “our” Western culture is superior to “their” Islamic culture. This way of thinking is an issue because it essentialises diverse classifications like “Westerners” and “Muslims.” It creates a binary of
Western = civilised.
and Islamic = uncivilised.

SoOoOoOo.. no, simply rejecting the teachings of islam or even not liking the religion as you perceive, does not make you an islamophobe or a racist but I do think people should stop trying to justify their clear prejudice when they DO mistreat muslims by simply rejecting the validity of the word islamophobia.

Technically, it's not racist to be prejudiced against people who practice Islam becasue it's a religion, not a race.

However, many are racist against Muslims because they confuse being Muslim with practicing Islam, two things that often overlap but are very different.

It comes down to semantics. Play nice with everyone and you really don't have to worry about stuff like this.

It's not racist to not like Islam, but the people who don't like Islam generally don't like middle-eastern people, at which point their dislike for Islam is more of a racist issue than a xenophobic one.

At least, that's what I've always assumed. 🤔

Because racists have used the pretext of criticizing Islam as a smokescreen to disguise the fact that what they really dislike are Middle Eastern people.

we live in an age where people make a mediocre superhero movie into a racial happening...

It didn’t.