What sets professional Islamophobia apart from the work of many contemporary politicians, journalists, and authors who occasionally tap into negative stereotypes of Muslims is its overt and unapologetic demonization of Islam. Participants in professional Islamophobia networks and endeavors cannot afford to be subtle in their characterizations of Muslims. Their careers literally depend on provocative rhetoric, exaggerated claims, and sensational narratives of backward, irrational, misogynist, and violent Muslims threatening the very foundations of the West. Almost every one of the building blocks of Islamophobia appears prominently in their writings, speeches, and interviews: Islam as monolithic, other, inferior, manipulative, and so forth. Nuance, complexity, and critical inquiry, by contrast, are absent from their work. The reason for this is not difficult to pinpoint. The fear of Islam, not the complexity of Islam, is what “sells” in the end.

Builds on: "A small minority deliberately manufactures Islamophobia for profit or power."

Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Intro…, loc. 492