What are western women supposed to do with muslim immigrant males who have been accepted to Europe?

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9. Well, a note on that.

Islamophobia is heavily radicalized, because the targets of it are overwhelmingly nonwhite. When people rant about Muslims, they are almost always picturing a nonwhite "other." The OP makes it pretty clear - they're not worried about people who practice Islam, so much as those other people from somewhere else who practice Islam ("western women" vs. "immigrant men.&quot Also notice that particular contrast, "our women, their men," which is... pretty consistent with patterns of racism.

(Of course in this particular post, they're "males," not "men" - nice bit of dehumanization there, western women get to be women, Muslim men are "males" though. Like an animal of some sort.)

Basically, no, Muslims are not a "race." However they are overwhelmingly nonwhite, islamophobes frame it as a racial conflict, using racialized terms and tropes, and very often sweep up nonmuslims who "fit the type" such as Sikhs, Jains, and Baha'i. Islamophobes also generally believe anyone who resembles an Arab must be a Muslim and therefor conforms to their negative stereotype of Islam. Even if that person isn't a Muslim, even if that person isn't an Arab, or even middle eastern.

My point is, Islamophobia is a sort of bigotry held by racists, who use race in their judgement, framed in a racialized context, to target people who are overwhelmingly racial and ethnic minorities in their communities. It might not be "racism" in the absolute technical sense, but it's close enough that when someone calls it racism, you don't need to shake your finger and lecture them about it - thereby distracting from the fact of hte bigotry to attack a person calling out and criticizing said bigotry in a fairly accurate manner.