The neologism “Islamophobia” is designed to intimidate people into thinking there is something wrong with opposing jihad and Islamic supremacism. If Rouhani really wants to do his bit to end “Islamophobia,” in the sense of suspicion of Islam, he could repudiate the genocidal rhetoric of many Iranian officials, including his predecessor Ahmadinejad, regarding Israel. But he won’t do that. For him, as for all the purveyors of the “Islamophobia” myth, the onus is all on the Infidel.
“Rouhani: Enemies Trying to Spread Islamophobia in World,” from the Fars News Agency, January 17 (thanks to Maxwell):
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned that the western powers are trying to spread Islamophobia throughout the world.
“Big and Western powers who are after their own interests in the region and seek to get their claws on the resources of Muslim countries, particularly in the oil and gas sectors, have always followed two ominous goals, namely to deepen divisions among Muslims and to spread Islamophobia in the world,” President Rouhani said, addressing the 27th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran.
The Iranian president reiterated the importance of improving the notion of “dialog and interaction” in the Muslim world, particularly in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bahrain and Libya.
“The Iranian government and nation have made it clear to the world that they are after moderation by adopting a policy of balance and prudence,” Rouhani said.
The 27th International Islamic Unity Conference opened in Tehran on Friday, bringing together local and international officials, intellectuals and scholars.
Participants at the three-day event discuss a whole range of issues, including Muslim unity and the ongoing challenges in the Muslim world.
Some of 370 foreign guests attending the conference from 50 world countries include those from Malaysia, Russia, Greece, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Algeria, the UK, the US, Australia, Uganda, Tunisia, Netherlands, Qatar, Yemen and Egypt.

Salah says
“to deepen divisions among Muslims and to spread Islamophobia”
How about…Sisiphobia?
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/60742
Charli Main says
Am I Islamophobic???
1,400 years of Muslim armies invading Christian countries, killing millions of Christian men, raping and selling off millions of Christian women as sex slaves, burning and destroying thousands of Christian cities, defiling and desecrating tens of thousands of Christian churches by turning them into Mosques, dragging millions of captured Christian children into Mosques and raising them as Muslims and turning them into Jihad fanatics———
Am I Islamophobic ????
Yes Sir, you can bet your xxxx I´m Islamophobic
Champ says
Great comment, Charli Main! …there’s nothing irrational about fearing islam. Something as deadly, dangerous and evil as islam *should* be feared; yeah and I have a good healthy fear for all things potentially deadly.
bobm says
Do not fear them ; fear is a spirit. It is the gate to perdition… Job said; the thing I feared the most has come upon me… these are but twisted men of darkness…..Look unto the Lamb of God only . In Him we shall find VICTORY………….Fear Not.
Jay Boo says
Rouhani really needs to loosen his turban a bit.
The regime knows that they are just the lap-dogs of Islam and their Shia holy sites are nothing but monuments to their Muslim wanabe status within Islam.
They hope that by denying the holocaust it will make them appear as more Muslim and as one with-in Islam.
The Shia religion is nothing but a face saving attempt to avoid admitting that although Iran is completely subservient to the religion of Mecca it is not a complete slave. Yeah right paint those shackles and try to find a common enemy Iran, just do not look in the mirror or else be ashamed of what you will see.
Christian Beltram says
The West does not need to spread Islamophobia because people like Rauhani are already doing that and they are doing a very good job. Also, when the enemies of Islam are destroyed which hopefully will never happen, then the divisions in the Islamic World will surface even more violently than before. I am saying this because it is a well-known fact that when people, organizations or other units in society that are normally at odds with each other have eliminated their common enemies or have accomplished some other common goal, then whatever temporary alliance that they might have previously formed will break down and they will start fighting among themselves. That is exactly what happened in Afghanistan when the Mujahideen overthrew the country’s Communist government back in 1992.
mortimer says
What do Muslims mean by ‘EXTREMIST’? Not what Westerners mean! Not at all!
I encourage JW visitors to look at this:
Video – The speaker explains: Sharia is ‘moderate’ to Muslims, not ‘extremist’. The
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV710c1dgpU&feature=player_embedded#t=257
http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/islam-or-islamophobia2
Paranoid mullahs like him are delusional about Western media!
They only want to cover up Islamic brutality and supremacism! They want to join Muslims in destroying the common Western enemy…white men. This is the common enemy of Feminists, Marxists and Islamic supremacists.
Black men or brown men who beat their wives are never criticized.
Muslims believe ‘extreme’ means anyone who criticizes Sharia or Mohammed.
CornHolio says
He’s crazy about Westerners having only those two ominous goals: deepening divisions among Muslims and spreading Islamophobia in the world.
I myself am dedicated to losing 20 lbs by the summer, in addition to deepening divisions among Muslims and spreading Islamophobia in the world. And my friend Bob? He wants to eradicate global warming AND open up his own business, plus deepening divisions among Muslims and spreading Islamophobia in the world, which of course goes without saying.
So don’t try to tell me we have only TWO ominous goals, Mr. Rouhani!
No Fear says
Islamophobia, like Naziphobia, is healthy.
If anyone can show me the difference between the Quran and mein Kampf then I am listening……{sound of crickets chirping}
gravenimage says
“Moderate” Rouhani: Western powers have two goals, “to deepen divisions among Muslims and to spread Islamophobia”
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What crap. The Shia are being edged out by Sunni Jihadists in Syria and the rest of the Levant—but the don’t want to blame this on the homicidal Sunnis, who they still want to influence, as they did in the days when Iran was directly backing Assad, dominating Lebanon with Hizb’allah, and openly funding Hamas.
Since then, Assad is embattled with a Sunni insurgency and fighting to hold onto power and Sunni Hamas has sided with the rebel Jihadists.
The “Western powers” have nothing directly to do with any of this—but Iran is blaming them, just as they are even less plausibly blaming the hated Jooooos.
The fact is that Sunnis have been slaughtering Shi’ites—and sometimes vice-versa—for almost 1400 years now. This is just the latest bloody flare-up.
More:
“The Iranian government and nation have made it clear to the world that they are after moderation by adopting a policy of balance and prudence,” Rouhani said.
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What does “moderation” mean to a Shari’ah state that liquidates its enemies, hangs gay people, and stones women to death?
All this means is that the Islamic Republic of Iran is still involved in power-jockeying with the Sunnis, and hope to emerge as a “leader” in the appalling Muslim world.
Their vile “Islamic revolution” already serves as a model for the “Arab Spring”. Whether that will lead Sunnis to follow Shi’ites is a different matter, though.
Kepha says
I’ll bet that Rouhani didn’t even know the word “Islamophobia” before some Westerner taught it to him.
Nonbeliever says
I feel nothing but contempt and disgust for ANY person using this risible term “Islamophobia” in seriousness. SHAME ON THEM.
This vile epithet is a disgrace, and anyone using it should be ridiculed and shamed into silence. The fact that Islamic Republic of Iran SCUM are using it shows exactly who is behind this infidelophobic farce.
EYESOPEN says
To the screeching of accusations of “Islamophobia” I would just laugh.
fair_dinkum says
“namely to deepen divisions among Muslims and to spread Islamophobia in the world,”
terrorist bombings spread islamophobia… no need for any assistance there.
keep this good P R up, you’ll have the whole world off side.
and divisions amongst moslems? i’m sure there are more than a few already. and if we cause more, then all the better.
Walter Sieruk says
That twofold statement of Rouhani in the title of the above article brings to mind the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson. For Mr. Jefferson explained “An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.”