Are you an Islamophobe?

[Dystopia]

I fully agree but keep in mind that most of our impressions of Islam in the West are filtered so that we rarely hear about the progressive Muslims who do incredible work in their communities, in comparison to the fanatics who, undoubtedly, might come across differently were the power struggles less destabilized, and therefore, less abrasive in their own culture. It's also bullshit how any violence committed by Muslims is characterized as terrorism while other irrational motivations are simply filed under the typical heading of "homicide" or "rage killing." It takes a Tim McVeigh to label a white person's actions as terrorism, yet now we've come to the point that a Muslim who shoots up innocent civilians is immediately deemed a terrorist on account of his or her faith.

I think it depends on the political leaning of the author. Some newspapers and TV channels are very hostile towards Muslims, while others are very progressive and even go as far as saying someone who justified murder with the Quran isn't a true Muslim. I agree with the last part - I would classify any religious or ideologically motivated crime as terrorist as long as the requirements are met (for this there has to exist an organized terrorist group)

Yes but we should be careful not to overgeneralize less we lead back to the days of McCarthyism and communist hysteria which I can't imagine was ever very helpful.

I try not to. I think I'm not as bad as Pat Condell