(November 8, 2014 at 6:15 pm)lifesagift Wrote: by definition it means a fear of Islam, but it's increasingly used to suggest a hatred or intolerance of Islam, but could it be a defensive tool used by islam in order to lessen the validity of its critics?
Both, not either or.
There are people who are bigots who cannot separate people like Malala or Muslim Congressman Kieth Ellison from the likes of those from the east who migrate to the west and spout hate and threats of word domination.
But then there are liberal Christians and liberal Muslims or even liberal atheists who use the term Islamophobia to unwittingly shut down criticism of bad ideas and bad behaviors and hide behind the idea of protecting multiculturalism.
