Islamophobia

Pinker’s two-part caution

Pinker does not deny measurable Islamist violence or illiberal state practices. He also rejects the leap from those findings to a single “Islamic civilization” at war with the West: Figure 6-12 is a conflict-coding comparison, Muslim opinion is heterogeneous, criticism of U.S. policy is not identical to rejection of liberal values, and attitudes changed during his own evidence window. A rigorous note can criticize an ideology or institution while refusing collective suspicion toward Muslims. → conflict limits · attitude evidence

Muslim Brotherhood invented the term Islamophobia.

Dr. Gilles Kepel alleged the Brotherhood devised the term to seek “symmetry” with antisemitism, and link opposition to Islam with the same objectionable views that produced Nazism and the Holocaust.

Former Islamist, Abdur-Rahman Muhammad corroborated Kepel’s account, confirming that a meeting took place where members of a Muslim Brotherhood outfit, the International Institute for Islamic Thought, conspired to “emulate the homosexual activists who used the term ‘homophobia’ to silence critics”.

Using “Islamophobia” to describe critics of Islam achieves their goal of silencing critics of Islamic terrorism.

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The Trust is infamous for having introduced the term “Islamophobia” into common parlance in 1997 — the same year the Blair government came to power, and proceeded to revolutionise Britain’s legal system. “Islamophobia” was devised as a means to silence criticism of Islam by the terrorist group the Muslim Brotherhood. Former Islamist, Abdur-Rahman Muhammad confirmed a meeting took place where members of a Muslim Brotherhood outfit, the International Institute for Islamic Thought, plotted to “emulate the homosexual activists who used the term ‘homophobia’ to silence critics.” It seems to have been successful, given former Prime Minister, Lord David Cameron refused to ban the Brotherhood in 2015 — despite them being banned in multiple Islamic countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, and sanctioned in Qatar and Turkey.
https://courage.media/2024/11/25/how-islamists-influence-the-uk-government/

https://europeanacademyofreligionandsociety.com/news/islamophobia-the-origins-of-a-confusing-concept/

Islamophobia isn’t a fear of Islam or muslims at all. It relates to the “fear of ideas, beliefs & attitudes” specifically those of Islamism

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The notion of Islamophobia was invented to mirror homophobia and draw parallels with anti-Semitism. But the word itself is inherently flawed. Both homophobia and anti-Semitism are directed against specific peoples. ‘Islamophobia’ is a fear of ideas, beliefs and attitudes. Violence or discrimination against adherents of any religion is obviously indefensible, but it should also go without saying that in a free society people should be at liberty to criticise or mock any organised religion. No intelligent Muslim should place the word ‘Islam’ and the word ‘phobia’ together in a single phrase. This is why the word did not exist until relatively recently. Islamophobia has been largely promoted by Islamists and jihadists, to protect them from scrutiny.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/dont-outlaw-islamophobia/

When they asked Richard Dawkins if he was an islamophobia, he said, “I have every right to be phobic of beheadings.”

“Nothing in our faith says it’s OK to kill anyone.”
Ahmed Bedier of CAIR

“Slay the unbelievers wherever ye find them…”
The Quran, Verse 9:5

About “Islamophobia”

Islamophobe (is-slahm-o-fohb) - A non-Muslim who knows more about Islam than they are supposed to know.

“Islamophobia” is an allegedly irrational fear of losing life or liberty to Islamic rule merely because the laws, sacred texts, and traditional practices of Islam demand the submission of culture, politics, religion and social expression. It tends to afflict those most familiar with the religion while sparing the more gullible.

Unlike Infidelophobia (Quranically-inspired hatred and fear of non-Muslims - see 4:101), “Islamophobia” rarely involves dead bodies.

According to the Quran, fear of Islam is created by Allah, who “throws terror into the hearts of disbelievers” (Quran 8:12). In the real world, it is a product of rational observation. Supremacist ideology is always problematic in free societies where it can be debunked, but particularly so in those that respect universal equality.

To obscure the fact that the same problems and reactions follow Islam into every country, no matter how tolerant, apologists have created a clinical-sounding word to imply that any suspicion that Islam is different from other religions is a mental disorder.

In truth, the skeptics of Islam don’t care that it is different: they care about how it is, and what that means for the rest of us. Consider that Hinduism is different in almost every way from every other major world religion, but no one is accused of having Hinduphobia.

In fact, Islam is the only religion that requires a pretend word to protect against critical inquiry. The sole purpose of “Islamophobia” is to conflate ideological truth with anti-Muslim bigotry. The irony is that of all religions, the tenets of Islam are the least tolerant and most hostile toward the others.

Unfortunately, when Islam checks in, a lot of folks wind up checking out… permanently. Therefore “Islamophobes” are a pretty broad group.

Islamophobes include:

Hindus, Christians, Sikhs and Jews who don’t want to be forced into a political system that treats them as third-class citizens. (Islamic teaching)

Atheists who want the freedom to live openly and challenge religious orthodoxy in the public spherre. (Islamic teaching)

Women who don’t want to be draped in black bags. (Islamic teaching)

Heterosexual males who prefer not to see women draped in black bags. (Islamic teaching)

Wives who don’t want to be beaten (Islamic teaching)

Drinkers (this one’s important). (Islamic teaching)

Artists and art lovers. (Islamic teaching)

Historians who don’t want to see priceless manuscripts and books burned just because they disagree with the Quran.

Homosexuals who don’t want to be beaten to death or thrown from a building. (Islamic teaching)

Anyone else who believes that consenting adults should not be killed or tortured over sexual practices. (Islamic teaching)

Dog lovers. (Islamic teaching)

Animal Rights activists and anyone else who is opposed to the cruel and unethical treatment of animals. (Islamic teaching)

Mothers who don’t want their daughters killed over a man’s “honor.” (Islamic teaching)

Intellectuals who value freedom of conscience and public dissent. (Islamic teaching)

Anyone believing that the value of a person’s life is not determined by their religious beliefs. (Islamic teaching)

Feminists who believe that women should not be made subordinate to men by a religion which openly insists that females are the intellectual and legal inferior of males. (Islamic teaching)

Anyone else who objects to a religion in which a woman’s identity is defined by her relationship to a man. (Islamic teaching)

Whoever knows that the clitoris is there for a reason. (Islamic teaching)

Secularists who believe in the separation of government and religion. (Islamic teaching)

The left-handed (Islamic teaching).

Liberals who don’t believe that culture and moral values should be established by a state-sponsored religion. (Get past The Religion Barrier)

Conservatives who believe in preserving the Western heritage responsible for the civil freedom, political liberty and economic success which has attracted the flood of immigrants from Muslim nations, where such values are conspicuously lacking. (Islamic teaching)

Muslims who would like the freedom to leave Islam. (Islamic teaching)

And many more…

The Religion of Peace offers a little something for everyone.

“What is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion
if the activities or teaching of that religion are so
outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights
that they deserve to be intensely disliked.”
Rowan Atkinson

Hacked to death by Religion of Peace activists in Bangladesh 2014 - 2016:

Niloy Neel - Secular Blogger
Oyasiqur Rhaman - Atheist Critic of Religion
Hussein Ali Sarkar - Convert to Christianity

Shafiul Islam - Professor and Secularism Advocate
Jogeshwar Dasa Dhikari - Hindu Priest
Nazimuddin Samad - Liberal Blogger

Ananta Bijoy Das - Science and Logic Blogger
Xulhaz Mannan - Gay Rights Magazine Editor
Faisal Arefin Dipan - Secular Book Publisher

Tanay Majumder - Theater Actor and Accused Homosexual
Rezaul Karim Siddique - Professor and Music Promotor
Avijit Roy - Atheist and Author

About “Islamophobia”

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