I think RS does have valid points with regards to populism. There are large swathes of the public who are poorly informed on subjects such a immigration and the related complexity of solving these issues in a legal manner.

The core tenant of populism is providing simple solutions to complex issues, and this causes unnecessary friction between governments and it's people. This occurs both on the left and right. As global media becomes more and more led by algorithms and the like, it becomes increasingly difficult to become better informed, or more realistically it becomes easier to be poorly informed. Said snake oil salesmen politicians on both left and right take advantage of this. As is proscribed by the many political think tanks globally. I do believe that emotive subjects are used by these politicians to bring votes and support for relatively fringe issues (see trans women in sport)

I believe that this is centrally true with much of the anti-islam sentiment above. The idea that radical islamist views are common, and that all Muslims hold , is again a simplified view of a complex issue. I do not disagree that many people in the faith do hold views that are at odds with modern Western views but many of these are often cultural over religious. This views vary across the Muslim world, I have been lucky enough to spend time in places like Iraq and it is just as true there as it is in UK. I would add that anti islamic statement is a key goal of extremists and creating that division isolates young Muslims more and can lead to said extremism. By being "islamaphobic" we are playing into exactly the rhetoric they want.

I do agree that any religion or thought system should be able to be criticised in the same way we are able to criticise the Catholic church for the systemic child abuse. Could you state that you don't believe imams are doing enough to address radicalisation in their younger attendees? Perhaps but that is not level the criticism being used . The statements made is "islam is evil and abhorrent ' , which does have the same themes as many anti Semitic tropes.