EquALLity wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2017 5:05 pm
Usually people who use the word Islamophobe are referring to people with prejudice against Muslims (also the original definition), not those worrying about the impacts Islam has on the world.
So if you're talking about Islamophobia, you have to be clear what you mean.
Here are things that I would vs would not define as Islamophobia:
Not Islamophobia (in my opinion):
Disagreeing with wearing the hijab (etc.) because it oppresses women
Thinking Islam is incorrect
Thinking Islam has radical aspects that are harming out world
Thinking mainstream Islam has immoral aspects
Thinking that countries should be secular, not Islamic
Using the phrase "Islamic terrorism"
Firing a Muslim worker for not doing their job due to their religious beliefs
Islamophobia:
Wanting to restrict Muslim immigration
Banning or restricting Islamic clothing (except in rare cases, such as a security check or something)
Banning or restricting practice of Islam in mosques etc.
Making generalizations about Muslims being terrorists
Voting for Donald Trump
Not letting in Syrian refugees, most of whom (in US) are women and children
Thinking less of someone because they are Muslim
Painting Muslims as "the other"
First, let me say that I am not Islamophobic even though I used the word in the title.
A phobia is not usually justified and my fear of Islam polluting the West with a slave holding cult is quite real.
By your lists, I am not in the Islamophobia description.
I do not agree with what you list under Islamophobia.
Please allow me to break it down and give my view.
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Wanting to restrict Muslim immigration
I have noted that some pledges of allegiance are made to the flag of a country, which to me represents their political views. I have also noted that where most Muslim emigrate to, the moment they have a given population, they try to implement Sharia law which is a political system. That means that the immigrants are breaking their oath, or never meant it.
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Banning or restricting Islamic clothing (except in rare cases, such as a security check or something)
I do support a ban on such wear as to me, they are a sign of slavery that Muslim men impose onto their slaved Muslim women.
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Banning or restricting practice of Islam in mosques etc.
Many mosques preach hate against Jews, apostates and infidels. I would like to see restrictions on all hate speech against people. I would support free speech against immoral religions such as Islam and Christianity, two religions that are mainstream and are both homophobic and misogynous and thus advocating hate against gays and inequality under the law against women.
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Making generalizations about Muslims being terrorists
I can agree with this while at the same time I criticizing all who fly the star and crescent as I see all Muslims as contributing to the whole which would include the Jihadists.
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Voting for Donald Trump
Although I did like him standing against Islam, that liking has soured.
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Not letting in Syrian refugees, most of whom (in US) are women and children
SinceI see Muslim men as slaves to their religion and them making second class slave out of their women, I would invite the Muslim women in but not the men unless they genuinely rejected Sharia law.
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Thinking less of someone because they are Muslim
I think less of all religionists who have gone into moral and intellectual dissonance by becoming idol worshipers of God like Allah and Yahweh whom are demonstrably immoral Gods.
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Painting Muslims as "the other"
Sharia following Muslims are intolerant of all who are not Muslims and since reciprocity is fair play, I am morally coverd by thinking of them as the other.
Please listen to what this woman says about this issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgnqjMRJUJI
Regards
DL