Isms

[douglas9401]

Who decided on the misuse of phobia in Islamophobia?

Why not anti-Islamism, like anti-Semitism?

[LadyCG]

Quite. I'm not Islamophobic, but I am anti-Islam.

[Old_Geezer]

That word/suffix been misused in many places for ages now. Some have to be trying to change it's definition.

[fiction-factory]

The word is usually used without thinking- or is chosen deliberately to mislead

[douglas9401]

Thanks so far, away to work now, have a nice day. :-)

[Old_Geezer]

Ah work; I remember that.

[rowanwitch]

Well it indicates an irrational fear so for some it would be appropriate. I am not anti Islam per se, just anti fundamentalists and zealots whatever team they support

[ABerrant]

At least we can identify Heinrich von Treitschke as the misuser of 'anti-Semitism', coined by Moritz Steinschneider to encompass all Semitic peoples (Arabs, Assyrians, Druze, Eritreans, Maltese. etc., etc.) and not only Jews.