Saturday, February 16, 2013

Islamophobia

What is Islamophobia?

Simply put, Islamophobia is prejudice against, hatred towards, or irrational fear of Muslims. This definition involves many things:
  • Dread or hatred of Islam undoubtedly leads to fear and dislike of all Muslims 
  • Fear results in discriminating against Muslims by excluding them from the economic, social, and public life.
  • The defintion leads to the adoption of opinions that Islam has no values in common with other cultures.
  • The definition also underestimates the value of Islam and considers it inferior to the West.
  • The definition suggests that all that Islam is about is what Muslims show in their behavior and that those Muslims represent the true nature of Islam. 
  • Islam is considered by some non-Muslims as problematic to a multicultural society. 
  • The term "phobia" implies that the fear of Muslims, Islam, or Islamism, is entirely irrational.
 Causes of Islamophobia
 the underlying concept of the term islamophobia have been criticized. Islam has long been stereotyped unjustly negatively and the emergence of the concept has many causes.
  • Islam is considered by many Westerners as a violent political ideology rather than a religion.
  • The shameful deeds of some fanatics have had a detrimental consequence on the image of Islam worldwide.
  •  Luck of understanding of the true values of Islam.
  • The term may have appeared because of racist reasons away from any objective knowledge of Islam.

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