In the past decades there has been a certain connection developing between Islamophobia and terrorism, caused by terrorist attacks by Muslims as well as terrorist attacks against Muslims.
Undanfarna áratugi hefur myndast ákveðin tenging milli íslamófóbíu og hryðjuverka, af völdum hryðjuverka frömdum af múslímum sem og hryðjuverkum frömdum gegn múslímum.