definition of islamophobia i think the root cause of problems is the disagreeance between axon and me about the definition of islamophobia axon wants the runnymede trust definition of islamophobia to be held as universally valid while i want the dictionary definition to be used axon and other users argue that because the runnymede trust definition for islamophobia is supported by a wide range of international bodies and governments it is universally valid dictionary definition of islamophobia prejudice against islam and muslims runnymede trust definition of islamophobia islam is seen as a monolithic bloc static and unresponsive to change islam is seen as separate and 'other' it does not have values in common with other cultures is not affected by them and does not influence them islam is seen as inferior to the west it is seen as barbaric irrational primitive and sexist islam is seen as violent aggressive threatening supportive of terrorism and engaged in a 'clash of civilisations' islam is seen as a political ideology and is used for political or military advantage criticisms made of the west by islam are rejected out of hand hostility towards islam is used to justify discriminatory practices towards muslims and exclusion of muslims from mainstream society anti muslim hostility is seen as natural or normal i and other users argue that the runnymede trust definition has severe logical and factual fallacies and that the runnymede trust is not a neutral and impartial source logical fallacies factual fallacies talk contribs px