It's clear that Islamophobia is on the rise globally. This antipathy towards adherents of the Muslim faith is often presented as a violent reaction to terrorism committed by the Islamic State. This suggests that if terrorism by so-called Islamic groups ends, Islamophobia will too.
Academic and author from the University of Birmingham Chris Allen has correctly discarded this thesis. He argues that it's extremely dangerous because it ultimately legitimises indolent stereotypes which describe all Muslims as terrorists.
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