The hatred of, or prejudice against moslems or the Islamic religion.
We should stop using the rather abstract term “Islamophobia” and replace it with the concrete and relatable “anti-moslem” in order to drive home the severity of “Islamophobic” bigotry affecting a rapidly growing demographic within Western societies.
Where the antisemite is by definition dangerous, a term like Islamophobe makes the moslem-hater seem rather timid, implying that he is not a source of danger but a victim, merely reacting to an exogenous bogeyman with the most human of emotions which all of us have experienced at some point in our lives: fear.
This brand of hierarchical discrimination, selective downplaying and semantic antics also characterises discourses of gender, sexuality and race: the man who hates women is not a women-hater but is allowed to dwell in the luxury of a lofty term such as “misogynist”; the gay-hater is sanitised as a “homophobe” and the racist whitewashed as a “xenophobe”, both monikers implying that there is some characteristic within homosexuals and foreigners that triggers legitimate fear in mainstream society, thus making the two somehow complicit in the crime of other people despising them.
We should stop using the rather abstract term “Islamophobia” and replace it with the concrete and relatable “anti-moslem” in order to drive home the severity of “Islamophobic” bigotry affecting a rapidly growing demographic within Western societies.
Where the antisemite is by definition dangerous, a term like Islamophobe makes the moslem-hater seem rather timid, implying that he is not a source of danger but a victim, merely reacting to an exogenous bogeyman with the most human of emotions which all of us have experienced at some point in our lives: fear.
This brand of hierarchical discrimination, selective downplaying and semantic antics also characterises discourses of gender, sexuality and race: the man who hates women is not a women-hater but is allowed to dwell in the luxury of a lofty term such as “misogynist”; the gay-hater is sanitised as a “homophobe” and the racist whitewashed as a “xenophobe”, both monikers implying that there is some characteristic within homosexuals and foreigners that triggers legitimate fear in mainstream society, thus making the two somehow complicit in the crime of other people despising them.
Islamophobia is a form of racism mixed with cultural intolerance. Islamophobia targets markers of moslem identity. Evident in how perpetrators of Islamophobic hate crime disproportionately target visibly moslem women, in the same way that racism often targets people for the colour of their skin.
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Islamophobes are people who believe that Islam promotes violence, barbarism, terrorism, persecution, women oppression (and fill any bad objective that you can think of).
To prove their point they indulge in either one or more of the following:
They will present references from the Islamic scriptures with their own twisted translation.
They will claim to present references form Islamic scriptures but introduce their own concocted explanation/ interpretation muslims are bound by the explanation of the prophet saws and the interpretation and understanding of the pious predecessors and their followers. Not by the explanation of anyone else
They will present references from unreliable, inauthentic sources while ignoring all the authentic references on the same subject which is not in line with their anti islamic agenda
They will present out of context references
They will present half sentences which can mislead people as that the actual meaning is lost
They refer to acts of few deviated muslims and try to link it with Islam while ignoring the wrongful acts done by followers of other religions
To prove their point they indulge in either one or more of the following:
They will present references from the Islamic scriptures with their own twisted translation.
They will claim to present references form Islamic scriptures but introduce their own concocted explanation/ interpretation muslims are bound by the explanation of the prophet saws and the interpretation and understanding of the pious predecessors and their followers. Not by the explanation of anyone else
They will present references from unreliable, inauthentic sources while ignoring all the authentic references on the same subject which is not in line with their anti islamic agenda
They will present out of context references
They will present half sentences which can mislead people as that the actual meaning is lost
They refer to acts of few deviated muslims and try to link it with Islam while ignoring the wrongful acts done by followers of other religions
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Notable landmarks include Merritt Square Mall (filled with low-end shopping and a Dollar Tree), Gardendale Elementary School (magnet school dedicated to performing arts, advanced scientific/mathematical education, and "artistic expression"), Merritt Island High School (the only high school there), and Ron Jon's (located in Coacoa Beach).
Although it seems "laid back," the local teenage population is highly pretentious (this if for unknown reasons, as none of them can afford even a designer bag or even luxe nailpolish, at that).
All-in-all, not a bad place to grow up if you have money and an open social agenda (as well as an open mind and something to entertain you -- because you *will* get bored quickly).
Notable landmarks include Merritt Square Mall (filled with low-end shopping and a Dollar Tree), Gardendale Elementary School (magnet school dedicated to performing arts, advanced scientific/mathematical education, and "artistic expression"), Merritt Island High School (the only high school there), and Ron Jon's (located in Coacoa Beach).
Although it seems "laid back," the local teenage population is highly pretentious (this if for unknown reasons, as none of them can afford even a designer bag or even luxe nailpolish, at that).
All-in-all, not a bad place to grow up if you have money and an open social agenda (as well as an open mind and something to entertain you -- because you *will* get bored quickly).
Merritt Island is a small town famous for nothing. It's filled with blue-collar workers and rednecks.
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