TW1ZTY wrote:
SaveFerris wrote:
TW1ZTY wrote:
Wolfram87 wrote:
So you're saying it's ok to be prejudice towards Islamic people?
That's not what he's saying Twiz
What is he saying then?

That "islamophobia" is a word specifically invented as a smokescreen to not only silence legitimate criticism of a deranged and authoritarian ideology, but to elevate such criticism to be equivalent to hate and prejudice on the basis of inborn characteristics such as ethnic origin.
I don't even have to go into extremes like the Charlie Hebdo massacre or the danish cartoon debacle (though those should be plenty illuminating), I'll take the more recent example of Icelands proposal to ban genital mutilation of infants. Apparently, a modern muslim life in Iceland would be impossible if the bodily integrity of all infants were to be protected by law. Can you guess which word was shouted the loudest to get this proposed law shut down?
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[Pedantry] Well firstly it's a misattributed quote , it was actually said by Andrew Cummins [/Pedantry]
Well caught. I just always hear Hitch's voice when I read it. The man was a bit of a personal hero of mine, and he wouldn't have liked taking credit for someone else's words.
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oure saying that "nobody hated Islam until somebody coined the phrase 'Islamophobia', which means "hatred of Muslims"
Hatred of Islam, not hatred of muslims. Muslims are people. People have rights. Islam is an ideology.
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