Introduction to Islamophobia Abigail introduces the topic of Islamophobia and explains that she will be discussing how people conceptualize threat.

Examples of Entrapment by FBI Abigail shares two stories from the USA where individuals were entrapped by the FBI, leading to their arrest. She also discusses entrapment laws in America and how they often fail.

Understanding Emotions Behind Islamophobia Abigail explores why fear takes on a specific form as seen in cases of Islamophobia. She gives an example from Haworth, West Yorkshire, where South Asian men renting a cottage were reported due to racial segregation caused by economic decline. Abigail also mentions colonialism's role in shaping emotions towards Muslim women wearing veils.

Islamophobia and Racism The fear of Muslims is often sold as being defensive, but it frequently talks, walks and quacks a lot like racism. The idea that Muslim women aren't aware of patriarchy or capable of challenging it from within their own intellectual traditions reinforces the threat that the Muslim man poses to the West.

Counter-terrorism Strategy after 9/11 After 9/11, counter-terrorism strategy had a real crisis because security services started introducing preemptive measures to tackle crimes that might happen instead of investigating crimes they actually have evidence for. People wanted answers about why these traumatic things happened but explanations weren't very good.

Political Vacuum in Western Countries Rather than spend money tackling political and economic causes leading some people to feel criminal violence is their only option; huge amounts get plowed into surveillance and war. Islamophobia supplies an understanding of threat filling up this vacuum at times when real explanations are simply unwanted by governments who want citizens reassured with inferior rights given foreigners' precariousness or conditioned on repeated manifestations allegiance.