I think this is probably because the perception of self-identified atheism among people younger than twenty-five or so is no longer dominated by people like Dawkins, Harris, etc. That and the fact that it's especially clear in very-young online spaces that "nothing in particular" says nothing about one's actual views and that plenty of people who describe themselves that way are at least as nonrational in their approach to fundamental questions as most religious people.
Only if you think criticism of Islam is phobia. Given the state of Islam in many parts of the world it should be fair to criticize a religion which has become a source of repression for minorities and a leading cause of violence in the world.
Definitely, but there’s a difference between being critical of Islam and being racist(Dawkins claimed “clock boy” was a terrorist). I don’t think Trump ever argued that Islam was in need of a some social modernization and the French far right talks about “white genocide” simply because more Muslims move to France.
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