Islamophobia, as defined by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims, is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness.
For more about Islamophobia you can read a report on Islamophobia in Contemporary Britain from the University of Birmingham, the House of Lords’ Library Briefing on Islamophobia in the UK and also University of Cambridge/ ESRC Roundtable research on mainstream media reporting about Muslim communities.
