I wish to argue that this distinction is sometimes overstated and can be misleading. As Asad observes, Islamophobic discourse insists that the Quran forces a literalist interpretation—and therefore a prescribed set of actions—on its adherents, whereas the Bible allows for and has thus been repeatedly subject to critical interpretation.

XREF: Connects to broader critiques of simplistic East-West dichotomies in religious studies and postcolonial scholarship on how Islamophobia shapes the framing of scripture interpretation.

Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, loc. 493