islamophobia part 2

[lightbulb247]

follow up to my earlier question...does anyone here actually have islamophobia or know someone who does?

[naomi24]

Oh gawd! If they do, maybe Sqad can help with a few Ibuprofen. ;o)

[ll_billym]

I do. Along with phobias of all the other major religions, apart from some branches of Buddhism. And spiders.

[jomifl]

Sith, I don't fear islam and I don't know anyone does.

[modeller]

I don't have a personal fear but I fear for the effect it is having on the world. I also know my Pakistani neighbours are viewed with some apprehension in the street.

[beckersjay]

I don't fear Islam but I do fear extremist Islam (as I do extremism in most other religions). But I do know people who fear that Islam is 'taking over' and that freedom of other religions may eventually be under attack - I'm not entirely convinced - I suspect the pendulum will swing back as it did with crusading Christianity.

[Brenden]

Well the Ottoman empire lasted for over 600 years - that gives room for thought.

[wildwood]

I don't fear them but do not like what they stand for and how they are afforded special privileges when living in a western country.

[birdie1971]

Lightbulb -

No one has an irrational fear of Islam. Do you think that there is such as thing as “Shintophobia” or “Magianismophobia”?

Such conditions do not exist. Neither does 'Islamophobia'. If people dislike Islam, it is for wholly rational reasons.

[naomi24]

//Do you think that there is such as thing as “Shintophobia” or “Magianismophobia”?//

Funny that, isn't it, Birdie? The word 'phobia' isn't connected to any other religion.

[WaldoMcFroog]

Sorry, but this is being pedantic and playing with semantics. It isn't helped that the word isn't well defined, but we should at least attempt to use the word as it is commonly employed rather than sticking to a totally literal interpretation.

While "phobia" may literally mean that someone has an irrational fear of something, to claim that one is not phobic of Islam because one's dislike is rational just reminds me of when you see Christians saying, "I don't fear them, therefore I can't be a homophobe. Now, excuse me while I go and deny someone the right to marry someone of the same sex".

It's not very convincing, is it? You just think, "Er, yes you are."

Islamophobia has a wider definition than the irrational fear, encompassing a more general prejudice against Muslims. It

This is not to suggest anyone on here is islamophobic, but I do think the defence being offered is weak.

One can object to multiple specific practices of a religion without being Islamophobic. One can object to aspects of Islam without being prejudiced against Muslims. If this is the case, then we should be happy to explain what it is that we do believe without hiding behind the weasel defence that we're not afraid or irrational, otherwise we just look like those homophobic Christians.

[WaldoMcFroog]

Ignore the 'it'.

[emmie]

why part 2, wasn't part 1 enough.

[Octavius]

Judeophobia and Christophobia are terms that have been used in the past, particularly when referring to ancient Greece and Rome.

[Octavius]

Judeophobia and Christophobia are terms that have been used in the past, particularly when referring to ancient Greece and Rome.

[doctordb]

No and no.

[mike11111]

The suffix "phobia" has undergone a transition from its etymological meaning of "fear" to "hatred or dislike", largely due to the efforts of the odious Peter Tatchell who coined the word "homophobia". There are many things which I dislike intensely, yet do not fear them.

[jomifl]

Quite, Mike.

[jomifl]

Strictly speaking 'homophobia' would be a fear of things which are similar. Peter Tatchell is an ignorant s0d....

[naomi24]

According to this, the term 'Homophobia' was coined in the 1960s by George Weinberg, a psychologist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia

[jomifl]

Another ignorant s0d :-)