Let's call the ACLU and see what they say. (As if we don't already know)...
How about deathcultaphobe?
"Accusing someone of being an Islamophobe: is it a way of supressing criticism? I think it is."
It's not a phobia. I don't fear them. I recognize them for what they have told me they are, my enemy.
Guess another word I can add to MY resume.
How about Fascistphobia?
I would argue that our fear of Islam is very rational, given what we have seen of it since 9-11.
When I read of Muslim Harvard professors advocating that we should "acknowledge and address the collective reasons in which Al Qaeda anchors its acts of force," I can only assume that such Middle East experts believe that al Qaeda speaks for all Muslims. Otherwise, why would we need to treat such "reasons" as legitimate and worthy of being addressed?
If a Harvard expert obviously believes that al Qaeda is a true representative of Islam, who am I to argue?
I don't think our fear is irrational at all.
Only if it's true. Why would anyone fear a ragheaded, flea-infested, beady-eyed, hairy-backed, suspicious, paranoid, zealous follower of a failed religion mired in the 8th century? Hold them in contempt, yes; fear them? No.
* For those of you who have never visited the "Ask the Imam" site I asure you it is a serious site and not a joke site. Even though it can be very funny in an odd way. So take a look and see what the FATWA Department is doing today.....
I'm just surprised that it's taken them this long to come up with this. There are plenty of precedents that should have suggested this to them earlier -- racist, sexist, homophobe, etc. -- all designed to deflect criticism, even when that criticism is valid.
As a Christian, I reject Islam on dogmatic grounds -- it includes Christ in its theological scheme and it teaches falsehoods about him. I'm not going to budge from that position, although that doesn't automatically mean I am prejudiced against individual Muslims.
Islam has a major PR disaster on it hands, going back a long, long time. If Muslims work on that, i.e. reign in the lunatics among them who murder innocent people and who threaten the peace of the entire world, then maybe people might begin to think a little better of them.
OK, so I will be known as an 'islamophobe'. Suits me fine.
Before I got to this thread, I read about a mosque getting blown up, over a hundred killed by a car bomb, I've listened to threats to just about every country that's not radical Islam, and sit back expecting to see much more of the same.
Shame on me, I am an islamophobe...
PS - Check my tag!
Screw Islam. 9/11/2001.
How bout Jihadophobe?
"Islamophobe"
Why would I be ashamed of being afraid of a cult who believes as a Christian that I should die?