: characterized by or expressing hostility or discrimination toward Muslims or the Islamic faith
anti-Muslim rhetoric
… a campaign aimed at stirring up anti-Muslim feelings among the Bosnian Serbs.—
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That backup has since grown into a hundreds-strong campaign to refute the DHS allegations, which supporters call a resurgence of anti-Muslim fearmongering that has persisted across party lines since the 9/11 attacks 24 years ago this month.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
In another act of religiously motivated violence, Wadea al Fayoume, a 6-year-old Muslim boy, was murdered after being stabbed 26 times in an anti-Muslim attack at his Illinois home in 2023.
—Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2025
In a blog post, the ADL cleverly framed this particular hate crime as an act of anti-Muslim bigotry, pointedly not identifying the victim as Palestinian.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Loomer, an independent investigative journalist known in part for her anti-Muslim rhetoric and for sharing conspiracy theories, became increasingly dominant in right-wing circles last year.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
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Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
In another act of religiously motivated violence, Wadea al Fayoume, a 6-year-old Muslim boy, was murdered after being stabbed 26 times in an anti-Muslim attack at his Illinois home in 2023.
—Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2025
In a blog post, the ADL cleverly framed this particular hate crime as an act of anti-Muslim bigotry, pointedly not identifying the victim as Palestinian.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Loomer, an independent investigative journalist known in part for her anti-Muslim rhetoric and for sharing conspiracy theories, became increasingly dominant in right-wing circles last year.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
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“Anti-Muslim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Muslim. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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