Kevin asks: ‘Are “Islamophobia” and “Antisemitism” in the same category?
Are they both just expressions of racism?’
My answer is: no Kevin, Islamophobia and Antisemitism are not in the same category.
Antisemitism means the hatred of Jews—just because they are Jews! That is racism pure and simple.
That is selecting out one race of people, the Jews, and choosing to hate and despise them.
Antisemitism sometimes calls itself ‘Antizionism’ but it’s really the same thing.
It is the belief that one race, and only one race, of people have no right to a national homeland—in this case their ancestral homeland.
This is a racist hatred that expresses itself in verbal or physical violence.
When someone screams out, ‘Globalise the intifada’ it is often possible to see the hatred on their face and hear the hatred in their voice.
Islamophobia on the other hand is a fear not a hatred (that’s what “phobia” means—it’s the psychologists’ word for fear).
It is the fear of radical Islam because of what radical Islamists do.
What they do is fly passenger airliners into skyscraper buildings and shoot to death innocent people at Bondi.
Since 2001 radical Islamists have claimed responsibility for countless savage and lethal attacks around the world.
They have explicitly done this in the name of radical Islam.
Suicide bombers and mass murderers have, on many occasions, made this clear by screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ (Arabic for ‘Allah is the greatest’) as they have slaughtered innocent bystanders.
The fear of the actions of radical Islamists is not racism—it is rational thinking.
Islamophobia is an entirely intelligent and ration response to the way our world is these days.
I hope, Kevin, that answers your question.
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