It's not about combating anti-Muslim hate, it about quelling any dissenting view  or negative opinion about the religion of Islam.

For instance, if someone were to criticize treatment of women under the religion, the mandatory wearing of head coverings, it would become "Islamophobia". They want to turn tolerance into mandatory acceptance.

I don't hate any individual because of the religion they follow, but I do reserve the right to call it bunch of backwards non-sense.