Jamal Awil

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The report separates open criticisms of Islam from closed Islamophobic views. [definitional]

This is why the report goes to great lengths to differentiate what it deems legitimate criticisms of Islam, rooted in "open" views, from the "closed" views that constitute Islamophobia.

DEFINE: Introduces the open/closed distinction the report uses to differentiate legitimate criticism from Islamophobia.

Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Intro…, loc. 51