Lately I've noticed that there has been quite a few threads made reporting news of horrific acts going on in the world where the suspects happen to be Muslims. Now in the items linked below you'll find posts that address the idea of "Islamophobia" + a few examples of "Islamophobic" comments.
Muslim model who was murdered by her brother:
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Originally posted by FBF
Hum, sorry muslims can't kill.
Saudi Arabia is atheist too, cause they behead people and a muslim can't behead people. I know Saudia Arabia claims to be islamic but it's not.
Of course I'm being sarcastic, I'm from France so I'm a bit tired with all of that. Still love my sane muslims sisters though !
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Originally posted by LordMombi
These are the people y'all are scraping your knees to let into our countries.
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Originally posted by SpinThatShhh
"Islamphobia"
Adding "-phobia" to the end of a word, doesn't solve anything! I am all for people practising religion, if it's done peacefully like most christians do. This simply isn't the case for a small set of muslims and it needs to be addressed.
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Originally posted by Salacious
People like this man are the other 99 percent of Muslims that Muslims try to preach about when Islamic terrorists attack. Is this peaceful?
Muslim man who stabbed 4 women over a pair of shorts:
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Originally posted by ziam
western feminist: how DARE you state that he was a muslim and just enforcing his ideology once again? Islamophobe!
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Originally posted by Pharaoh
Stop trying to make ''islamophobia'' a thing, I swear..
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Originally posted by Pharaoh
I might as well call you politically disabled. Calling a muslim who happens to be... a muslim, isn't ''xenophobic''. It's stating facts. It continues to be hilarious when liberals get outraged at such things while ignoring the actual issue. Which is where the word ''islamophobia'' perfectly comes into place here for y'all to get outraged over muslim criticism.
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Originally posted by Tuxedo
ugh, these muslims
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Originally posted by TasteOfYourLips
Yeah I mean so far white European people are killed, raped, stabbed and wounded by muslims in the name of their religion, but hey poor them they have to experience "islamophobia" in the internet. Cry me a ****ing river.
Muslim man who excused rape b/c victims wore perfume:
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Originally posted by Adonis
OH GOD! Here come the religion sympathizers to go on about how everyone else has it wrong and that women and gays who don't subscribe to a religious world view shouldn't be allowed to believe what they want to for fear of offending said religions.
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Originally posted by Free Hugs
"Not all muslims";
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Originally posted by blackbeatxx
go **** Allah in the shithole, idiot
These are just a few examples/posts of the many out there on this forum alone. So after all of that, do you believe Islamophobia is a real thing? Because according to a large portion of atrl users it is just a made up SJW term/issue which is why I am a bit confused on the topic. (This is a genuine thread and I would like to see your honest opinions regardless of what side of the spectrum you are on!)
Yes.
There are two kind of Islam:
-One who is extremist, that no muslim person claims.
-One who isn't, that atrl loves to circlejerk around and gets all the blame.
The fact members post a thread and title "Muslim man did x/y" even though the actual article says nothing about islam or the man being muslim is the prove of that
I mean liberals on tumblr and twitter are too busy having orgasms from being politically correct to actually do research of how radical islam is a direct threat to human rights all over the world
No. You can't be phobic of an idea. Just say Arabophobia for people from the Middle East and some other stuff for people from other places in the world.
When people feel so threatened by radicalised terrorists that they desire to ban an entire religion from entering their country, then that is an unreasonable response and irrational fear. Such a fear of Islam can be considered Islamophobia.
Islam is the religion of one fifth of the world's population. If there are people seriously considering discriminating against this large population (And there are, just see Donald Trump and Sonia Kruger, Aussie TV host), then it is an irrational response to deal with terrorists ( which would make up a miniscule percentage of the Muslim population.) Why do some still believe this is the right idea? because they are afraid of connotations surrounding Muslims that are mostly, if not entirely, false for the majority of followers of the religion. This fear is Islamophobia.
This doesn't really relate to what's said in the OP, but it's just my viewpoint on Islamophobia. Sorry about the long read too!
This is lazy and ignores that Islamophobia in, for example, America involves the racialization of a certain group of people, especially in a post-9/11 country. A similar racialization happens in places like Western Europe.
When non-Muslims are attacked for "being believed to be Muslim" (ie: stereotypes based on things like race or nationality or language), then yeah, there's a system of oppression/prejudice at work.
This is lazy and ignores that Islamophobia in, for example, America involves the racialization of a certain group of people, especially in a post-9/11 country. A similar racialization happens in places like Western Europe.
When non-Muslims are attacked for "being believed to be Muslim" (ie: stereotypes based on things like race or nationality or language), then yeah, there's a system of oppression/prejudice at work.
That's xenophobia, anti-arab racism, call it whatever you want.
Muslims themselves exercise huge oppression and prejudice upon others (women, gays, blacks) in many of the countries they dominate so excuse me if I can only sympathise to a certain extent.
That's xenophobia, anti-arab racism, call it whatever you want.
Muslims themselves exercise huge oppression and prejudice among others in the countries they dominate so excuse me if I can only sympathise to a certain extent.
No, it's not xenophobia or anti-Arab "racism" if non-Muslims are being attacked because they were mistaken as Muslim. It's Islamophobia, which is a fear that's so irrational to the point logic and reason is thrown out the window. See those examples above where Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs are being attacked (there are tons more). By the way, those non-Muslims who get mistaken as Muslims aren't Arabs or Middle Eastern and it's definitely not xenophobia because it's not just any person perceived as a foreigner being attacked. They were Asians who were attacked because people are so irrationally paranoid about Muslims.
As for the second part, that's completely irrelevant to the topic and the post you're responding to.
Yeah.
Although people tend to see that as a full defense of a religion, when we're just referring to the discrimination made against Muslims and Arabs.
No, it's not xenophobia or anti-Arab "racism" if non-Muslims are being attacked because they were mistaken as Muslim. It's Islamophobia, which is a fear that's so irrational to the point logic and reason is thrown at the window. Like those examples above where Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs are being attacked. By the way, those non-Muslims who get mistaken as Muslims aren't Arabs or Middle Eastern and it's definitely not xenophobia because it's not just any person perceived as a foreigner.
As for the second part, that's completely irrelevant to the topic and the post you're responding to.
I guess I can see your point when a woman wearing a hijab is attacked, for example. But this puts completely aside the fact that you have muslims of all races. Just because the ignorant average western person imagines a muslim as a slightly brown person with a hijab or a turban doesn't mean that's always the case. Having the term 'islamophobia' condones this stereotypical image of the average muslim.
It's not. It's important to remember that Muslims as a group of people who believe in an ideology are not only on the receiving end of prejudice and oppression. They inflict it too.