Analyzing Islamophobic Discourse Using Semi-Coded Terms and LLMs

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18273v1
• Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 01:41:24 GMT
• Title: Analyzing Islamophobic Discourse Using Semi-Coded Terms and LLMs
• Authors: Raza Ul Mustafa, Roi Dupart, Gabrielle Smith, Noman Ashraf, Nathalie Japkowicz,
• Abstract summary: This paper performs a large-scale analysis of specialized, semi-coded Islamophobic terms such as (muzrat, pislam, mudslime, mohammedan, muzzies) floated on extremist social platforms.<n>Using Google Perspective API, we also find that Islamophobic text is more toxic compared to other kinds of hate speech.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Islamophobia started evolving into a global phenomenon by attracting followers across the globe, particularly in Western societies. Thus, understanding Islamophobia's global spread and online dissemination is crucial. This paper performs a large-scale analysis of specialized, semi-coded Islamophobic terms such as (muzrat, pislam, mudslime, mohammedan, muzzies) floated on extremist social platforms, i.e., 4Chan, Gab, Telegram, etc. First, we use large language models (LLMs) to show their ability to understand these terms. Second, using Google Perspective API, we also find that Islamophobic text is more toxic compared to other kinds of hate speech. Finally, we use BERT topic modeling approach to extract different topics and Islamophobic discourse on these social platforms. Our findings indicate that LLMs understand these Out-Of-Vocabulary (OOV) slurs; however, measures are still required to control such discourse. Our topic modeling also indicates that Islamophobic text is found across various political, conspiratorial, and far-right movements and is particularly directed against Muslim immigrants. Taken altogether, we performed the first study on Islamophobic semi-coded terms and shed a global light on Islamophobia.

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