(January 18, 2015 at 8:47 pm)NuclearJaguar Wrote: In my opinion it is absolutely insulting to every person who has experienced racism on biological grounds (due to skin colour/physical appearance) to call criticism of Islam "racism".
Criticism of Islam is criticism of a culture - behaviours, lifestyles, beliefs. It has nothing to do with biology. Now, it would be racism to see a brown Middle Eastern looking person, assume they are Muslim based on their appearance, and completely unprovoked attack them. That's racism. Criticising Islam for honour killings of "disobedient" women and homosexuals is not racism.
It is not even "oppression" of any kind. To call it "oppression" would imply there has been some unfair treatment. There's nothing unfair about being told you can't force oppressive practices of your religion onto other people.
That is exactly why the world should not let either Jews or Muslims pull a bait and switch and move the goal posts from race to religion then move it back. They use it interchangeably as a dodge.
It is possible in that region of the world to have both dark skin and light skin people on both sides of the boarder. And with both sides having a majority, they both are not monochromatic as far as religions. It still amounts to claiming rights to set up a social pecking order.
This allows both sides to hide behind their "chosen people" tribalism.
