“The stereotyping of Muslims as a racially homogeneous group cannot be overlooked.”
All right, but it’s really being done by people such as Sehrish Amjad when they claim that “Islamophobia” is “racism,” not by the racist, redneck Islamophobes of her imagination. In reality, there may be some people who really are racists and dislike Muslims and Hindus and all the rest, but concern about Islam is most often not due to racism, but due to jihad terror. And Muslims of all races have committed jihad mass murder.
“Amjad: Canada must call Islamophobia what it is – racism,” by Sehrish Amjad, Ottawa Citizen, August 30, 2017:
Canadian officials were in Geneva this month to answer critical questions about the country’s human rights record.
The appearance before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination comes every four years and is an opportunity for racialized communities to hold our governments to account for their action, or inaction, on promoting racial equity in a pluralistic society. This year, there was a painful omission.
Canada omitted identifying Islamophobia as a form of racism in its official report. This reinforces harmful narratives that can render Islamophobia invisible.
All too often, when someone perceived as Muslim is discriminated against, assaulted, harassed or disparaged, offenders and their supporters are quick to shrug off accusations of racism, arguing that Islam is not a race.
This is an overly simplistic understanding of the social construct of race itself.
“Since all racisms are socially and politically constructed rather than reliant on the reality of any biological race, it is perfectly possible for cultural markers associated with Muslimness (forms of dress, rituals, languages, etc.) to be turned into racial signifiers,” points out British academic and author Arun Kundnani.
In identifying anti-Muslim discrimination to be the leading form of contemporary creed-based discrimination in Ontario, the Ontario Human Rights Commission has noted that visible minorities are sometimes broadly targeted based on outward appearances, and “perceived” associations with Islam….
The stereotyping of Muslims as a racially homogeneous group cannot be overlooked. The Ontario government has made progress by establishing an anti-racism directorate and committing to the study and eradication of systemic racism, including Islamophobia….
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has acknowledged that Islamophobia is a problem in Canada – our government institutions must do the same.
Gary says
It’s also overly simplistic to scream “allah akbar” and murder people you “THINK” are infidels.
Once again, Muslims play the victim, and ignore the fact that they “faith” is causing world wide destruction.
gravenimage says
Muslims don’t care if all of their victims are Infidels.
If they are Infidels or lax Muslims, they deserve to die–if they are devout Muslims, they go straight to paradise because they died in Jihad. This is how orthodox Muslims think.
pdxnag says
Infidel is a race then too.
Pet Charles says
Excellent!!!
PRCS says
Correct!
To what “race” do “filthy unbelievers” belong?
mariam rove says
Islam! M
Jack Diamond says
Yes, Islam teaches there is a fitrah, a nature made by Allah. And all human beings are born Muslims! If they are not Muslims they have been misled or are renegades. All the (Biblical) prophets were Muslims. The only religion before Allah (recognized by Allah) is Islam. Converting to Islam is thus being brought back to Islam, reverting.
The Qur’an has told ya. We are all of the Islamic “race”. Oy vey.
Jack Diamond says
The race of the kuffar. Though Islam is Arab-supremacist, in theory race (biological race!) disappears as a standard of judgment, as per this from Islam Q&A:
“Hence it should become clear to you that Islam does not discriminate between one Muslim and another by any earthly standards, whether that be colour, lineage, wealth or country. Rather the only criterion by which people are regarded as superior to others before Allaah is taqwa (piety, consciousness of Allaah).”
Unless you are black or Arab or non-Arab, of course. No, the world is divided between Muslim and non-Muslim disbelievers and renegades, at war with Allah & Muhammad. If Islam is now a “race” then so are the “kaffirs” a race.
{“Since all racisms are socially and politically constructed rather than reliant on the reality of any biological race”] –the return of Humpty Dumpty
And the connotations in Arabic of the word kaffir are indeed of filth and corruption and obscenity to such a degree it might even make Hitler blush. Not a matter the UN Committee will be taking up soon, however.
gravenimage says
+1
WorkingClassPost says
Exactly right.
If ‘forms of dress, rituals, language’ etc are racial signifiers, then the attacks on non muslims is racist and so are their supporters and sympathisers.
epistemology says
Very well observed. This woman is so utterly stupid, I don’t want to repeat our arguments here, everybody knows them. I can say this race is something you can’t change and the things that depend on race like skin color or other physical appearances. But in a free society like ours you can always change your religion or the ideology you adhere to. But that’s obviously what Muslims don’t want to do. Imposing sharia is not the consequence of ta race – Muslims belong to all kinds of races – but it’s racist, as non-Muslims are abused.
Agha Ali Arkhan says
Is she stupid to throw out a lie knowing that some will believe it?
Jack Diamond says
Make the lie big, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it. Hitler Big Lie theory.
gravenimage says
I don’t believe she is stupid–just evil.
Agha Ali Arkhan and Jack Diamond are right.
mortimer says
pdxnag: ‘INFIDEL IS A RACE’
I think this is a breakthrough.
KAFIR is definitely a ‘race’ if you use her definition.
If KAFIR is a race, then Muslims must be asked to CONDEMN ALL FORMS OF KAFIROPHOBIA.
Westman says
I agree, we should respond to supremacist claims of Islamophobia with “you are Kafirophobic”; and does it ever fit.
That opens the door to, “You are a Kafirophobic racist!” That certainly applies, by Sehrish Amjad’s definition of racism, to all majority Muslim countries.
Kafir Kevin says
GREAT breakthrough!
We kafirs (victims of lslamic hatred; Kafirphobia”) must take a stand.
Call for the end of global persecution by racist Muslims.
Ren says
I am always amazed at how muslims distort ideas with contradiction and nonsense.
mortimer says
Ren said: “Amazed at how muslims distort ideas with contradictions and nonsense”.
Answer: the Koran is in two parts… Part One (Koran of Mecca) is ‘BAIT’; Part Two (Koran of Medina) is ‘SWITCH’.
‘Bait and Switch’ is the main technique of all con artists. ‘Islam-is-peace’ is the bait. ‘Islam-is-supremacist’ is the switch.
Stop Kafirophobia says
More fuel for the anti-Islamophobia motion M-103 in Canadastan. God help us.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, if enough people believe this tripe.
PRCS says
Do guys like these have to attend “white privilege” reeducation camps before heading out on jihad?
http://tinyurl.com/y93zjocq
http://tinyurl.com/yd8dfk46
mortimer says
PRCS: ‘privilege’.
An ideology has NO privileges or rights.
gravenimage says
Grimly hilarious, PRCS.
mortimer says
gravenimage, the emotional subtext of Islam and Marxism is sadomasochism.
Re-education is mental torture.
The Left is already trying that with their fake news bulletins every few minutes about Russian collusion and of course ‘Islamophobia’ being more of a danger than Islamic terrorist bombings or vehicular jihads!
They are trying to silence opposition to their takeover.
gravenimage says
Yes, Mortimer–more and more there is an attempt to silence us from speaking about the threat of Islam. Falsely claiming that speaking out against Jihad is “racism”–which good people rightly abhor–is a major part of this.
mortimer says
How does a political ideology (an idea… not a person), become a ‘person’ and then become a ‘race’?
Nice trick.
gravenimage says
Yes–and a very dangerous one.
King Sobieski says
Criticizing unacceptable political ideologies with no regard as to whom is asserting them is my right in a free society . I could not care less what race anyone is , Islam is not going to get a free pass no matter how loud the accusation of racism is made. All ideas are on the table for scrutiny in a multicultural populace . To place any political group outside of criticism is to condemn society to an inevitable bloodbath.
mortimer says
To limit political debate deprives groups of a voice. When their only option to be heard is to break the law, they will be forced to break the law.
It’s better to have open debate.
But what this girl is asking for is ridiculous in the first place. She wants to limit debate (blasphemy law) on an ideology by tricking people to think a spiritual and mental product (ideology) is a ‘race’.
gravenimage says
Mortimer, Muslims will use *anything* to further the cause of Islam.
Lucia Bartoli says
So then islamists are racists against all non-Muslims? Chritophobic? Judeophobic?
If you call me idlamophobe, I don’t care one bit. Call me whatever floats your boat.
mortimer says
Lucia, they are ‘IDEA- PHOBIC’ because they are unable to defend Islam intellectually, so they have to stop discussions of Islam. The facts, reason, logic, history and morality all oppose Islam. Muslims apologists now know this. There is no intellectual avenue for defending Islam. Islam is pure obscurantism and Muslim apologists now realize it.
Robert Spencer has won so many debates that all Muslims are now afraid to debate him. Those foolhardy enough to say they will debate Robert Spencer quickly find out his credentials and then back out of it after delivering ad hominem excuses to save face. They are all TERRIFIED to debate Islam with Mr. Spencer.
Mark Swan says
yes mortimer, they are afraid to debate Mr. Spencer, the truth is literally painful to them.
Tony46 says
Islamophobia is mandatory in the Quran:
Surah 8:12
Period.
..
mortimer says
Yes, Tony, Allah casts terror into the hearts of dirty kafirs so that Mohammed can defeat them.
So, let’s ask Muslims…. Allah wants kafirs to be afraid of Islam… why do Muslims disagree with Allah?
Fred H says
Obfuscation Central
John A. Marre says
You poor thing. You poor, misunderstood Muslims. You’re really showing your love when you chop heads off, and throw gays off high buildings.
Fear of Islam is a valid feeling, because Islam promotes the murder of non-Muslims. Islam fosters hate for non-Muslims. Islam preaches that Muslims are superior to all other people, and Islam is never called a supremacist movement.
So shut up and tell the truth about your irrational death cult.
St Ferd III says
According to this nitwit:
Nazism was also a race (Aryan racial theology).
Communism was also a race (Russian supremacist theology).
Ergo the Cult of Baal which contains whites, blacks, browns, yellows and hybrids is a ‘race’.
Fascisms are not races. They are fascisms.
There really are too many vapid, insipid and evil Moslems who lie and distort.
San says
How can you deal with clueless liberals? There is a BIG problem the whole world is facing now. It is called ISLAM. Climate change, racism, discrimination, Russian Collusion, discrimination of poor muslims are not even issues subject to discussion. What is wrong with people. ISLAM IS EVIL. Stop protecting this evil, Enough is enough.
Mark Swan says
Absolutely San.
gravenimage says
Muslim columnist: To say Islam isn’t a race is “overly simplistic,” and “Islamophobia” is racism
……………………
Let’s see: there are white Muslims, black Muslims, Middle-Eastern Arab Muslims, Persian Muslims, Indian Muslims, Chinese Muslims, Malayan Muslims, South-East Asian Muslims, and even a few Native American and Australian Aboriginal Muslims.
In other words, Muslims can be of any race. So is Islam a race? Clearly, it is not.
Moreover, Islam is not just not a race due to its having members of every ethnicity–it is an ideology–a set of values and beliefs.
But since racism is–in and of itself–irrational, it is of great use to Muslim supremacists to claim that any criticism of Islam is racist.
Hence, if anyone takes issue with marrying little children, stoning women to death, or mass slaughtering Infidels, they can simply be tarred with “racism”.
Ugly, cynical, and–all too often–disturbingly successful.
PRCS says
“Let’s see: there are white Muslims, black Muslims, Middle-Eastern Arab Muslims, Persian Muslims, Indian Muslims, Chinese Muslims, Malayan Muslims, South-East Asian Muslims, and even a few Native American and Australian Aboriginal Muslims.”
But there are no Muslim Muslims.
Kafir Kevin says
Touché
gravenimage says
Good one, PRCS.
DogOnPorch says
If you can join it like a golf country club…it’s not a freaking race.
Mark Swan says
Good One DogOnPorch.
Wellington says
Here, as I see it, is the saddest, most lethal, and stupidest part of this rot proffered by this young religious fascist (in other words, a good Muslim), i.e., that Western dhimmis aplenty will buy into it. Yeah, just imagine not existing virtually no silly, obsequious, uninformed, pathetic, excuse-making, multi-cultural dhimmi for Islam (a beautiful sentiment, no?).
Yeah, just imagine almost none of these rubes existed, examples being the present Pope, the PM of the UK, the new President of France, the Chancellor of Germany, the PM of Canada, the editors of The New York Times, almost all of the Democratic Party of the USA, John McCain certainly, Trump’s National Security Adviser, McMaster, the BBC, the CBC, academics aplenty————— ah, it’s a very, very, very long list unfortunately. Think, minus this dhimmi servitude, that the stupid and wretched religion of Islam, that rip-off faith from two far, far more enlightened religions, i.e., Judaism and Christianity, would have any staying power or support in the West?
No way. So, “the problem” lies not with Islam first and foremost, problem though Islam is for all mankind, but rather with those non-Muslims in the West who continue to make excuses for Islam, shilling for it time and time again. Surely this should be crystal clear by now, that what Ayn Rand stated, i.e., the exculpation of evil is even worse than evil itself, is as eminently true to this day as any truth ever stated.
That’s what is going on right now. Yep, be assured that excuse making for evil is the ultimate problem and not evil itself. Surely. No contest.
Mark Swan says
Absolutely Wellington.
PRCS says
Yes, “that Western dhimmis aplenty will buy into it” is, perhaps, “the saddest, most lethal, and stupidest part of this”
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Wellington.
mortimer says
Wellington has it. The ‘problem’ is kafirs. Kafirs are said by the Koran to be the problem. Getting rid of the Kafirs is the ‘Final Islamic Solution’.
Kafirs just need to shut up while Muslims destroy them.
Cthulhu says
If so called “islamophobia” is racism, then homophobia is racism as well. So Islam is racist.
mortimer says
Cthulu… THAT WAS GENIUS… A: Islam hates gays … B: gays are a race C: therefore Islam is ‘racist’.
Lydia says
To say it IS a race is overly simplistic. Don’t they get converts too from all over the races? Yes! Duh!
It is a religion, not a race. A religion is not a race. Not even the Jewish religion. There is Jew by race and Jew by religion, you can have both, neither, Jew by race and not religion, or Jew by religion and not race.
But even that is an exception, most religions are very diverse in races. Even in the Middle East are various ethnicities, there is not one big ‘race.’
And then she equates racism with ‘islamophobia,’ another logical fallacy, but that was their goal all along.
Yet they are in a very real ‘race’ in another sense of the world; the race to take over the world.
Lydia says
oops, in another sense of the WORD; to take over the world.
mortimer says
Lydia, it isn’t ‘simplistic’… it’s just a lie … a big whopper of a lie. An ideology is a spiritual and intellectual product.
An ideology cannot jump from being an intellectual concept to being a ‘person’ to being a ‘race’.
Those are called LEAPS OF LOGIC. They are false. They are lies.
Jim says
Um, Lydia, what are you talking about? What is a “Jew by race”?
Jim says
That was Hitler’s claim. If one had “Jewish blood”, then Hitler labeled them a Jew, regardless of their religious beliefs or practices. That’s you, alydia?
gravenimage says
No–Lydia is right. There are people who are ethnically Jewish, whether or not they are religious. Then there are those who–while not ethnically Jewish–have converted to Judaism.
Jim says
Yes, graven image, Judaism is an ethnicity as well. But is ethnicity race? None of the definitions seem to indicate that. There can be many different ethnic groups that share the same race. Only Hitler, (and Lydia, and other fellow travelers) refer to Jews as a race.
libertyORdeath says
Islam is not a race just as racisms is not a word.
I was completely shocked when I found out that this person is a “British academic and author” as opposed to a high school or university student as I expected after reading her lack of understanding basic concepts like race or racism. This type of daft “academic” makes me hope for a miracle of sorts – the reform of the education systems of the West, because therein lies the real problem of the future of western civilization. Everyday more and more kids are being blinded to some of the most pressing issues facing them by teachers and “academics” who impress them with knowledge in many areas but ignorance to the basics of human nature. It’s not surprising as it has happened to civilizations over and over when their citizens become too complacent and ignorant to threats from The rest of the world’s people who do not live as they wish they would. The West has always needed the balance of those who tend to issues of science, technology, art, philosophy and the like, and those that must deal with the often horrifying issues of the reality of human nature like the military or political sphere. The latter has become far too influenced by unrealistic and typically liberal views which are hindering their ability to do their jobs well. This influence predictably comes in large proportions from the academic community and the teachers of the next generation of politicians and military personnel.
I pray that we can maintain this balance for the worlds sake. We are fighting an uphill battle with the current political climate but a far greater challenge for the next generation who will not only be undereducated on the reality of human nature but also most likely outnumbered by those who would be more than happy to exploit these advantages.
I know this is a little much for this silly article but it’s really pent up aggression about all the ridiculous “academics” that jihadwatch informs us about. Thanks to everyone fighting the good fight.
libertyORdeath says
Ok so racisms is apparently a seldom used plural form, my mistake.
Warren Raymond says
“Muhammad was a white man”
Muhammad: The White Prophet with Black Slaves …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZxH4QYLRQY
Jim says
If islam were a race and one were to convert to islam, then that person would be changing races. One cannot change races, whatever race you are born, you are that race for life. You can change gender, but not race.
This is just another lie that muslims make up to advance islam, and to play the victims of racism. The koran encourages muslims to lie to advance islam. So why is there even a discussion about muslims being a race?
And another thing, do not ever capitalize the words islam or muslim. They are not meant to be capitalized because there is no such religion. When you capitalize them, you are only agreeing with the muslims that there is such a religion and it is holy and therefore worthy of capitalization.
mortimer says
OK… so Islam is a ‘race’… what is their skin color? GREEN??? Ha, ha!
Gimme a break!
gravenimage says
+1
davej says
The reason that Muslims cry racism is that they know this is a knee-jerk condemnation. The falseness of this claim does not matter because Muslims have no respect for the truth and rather have been instructed in the strategy of deceit.
Mark Swan says
This buzzword racism, can apply to the entire Human Race—it is a
worn out concept in free societies, which must not be furthered in any way,
let it die out, it is being used by miscreants, to get unwarranted concessions.
David Anderson says
Do I have a problem with Hindus? No. Do I have a problem with Sikhs? No. Do I have a problem with the Iraqi and Syrian Christians I work with and have met over the years? No.
Do I have a problem with Muslims? Well, if they are devoted to Sharia law, regard me as a ‘kaffir’, support ISIS and feel that Islam should be imposed in the Western world and Christianity and Judaism and every other religion replaced by Islam, by force if necessary…well, I guess I have a problem. Is that racist? Are those ideological factors somehow a race-based trait? I don’t think so.
gravenimage says
Spot on.
Chand says
Yes, David Anderson, agreed.
But the problem is that racism in different forms and degrees do exist. In all societies, including Western. Things are getting better but deeply ingrained racial supremacism is difficult to transcend, individually and socially.
With the Jihad problem added to it, racist prejudice will be interpreted as racism AND as Islamophobia, additionally, in case of Muslim victims of racism. In other words, hatred for Muslims is added on to the hatred for the ‘other’ race.
So if one hates a white, Caucasian Jihadi, is one hating white people or hating his/her ideology? Depends on who the hater is? If the hater is white and Caucasian then it must be the ideology of Jihad one hates.
If the hater is non-white then what is being hated, race or religion? Or now is the hatred both for his/her race AND his/her religion?
On the other hand, if the Jihadi is non-white is one then hating the person because of his race or religious ideology? Or both race and religion?
And can these lines get blurred in the process?
Since most Jihadis do not happen to be white Caucasians, the brunt of this double assault of racism plus Islamophobia falls on many non-white Muslims living in white supremacist societies today. Now many are being hated and discriminated against not only because they are non-white but also because they happen to be Muslims.This will alienate them further.
This is a problem in the war against Jihad. Jihadi recruiters can say, “look, they hate you anyway because you are non-white. Now they go against your God, Prophet and Holy Book! You do not have a hope in hell in living with human dignity here. So fight this Jihad!!”
I dread the future if race relations deteriorate further in predominantly white societies. And what if things gets worse in the States with the deep fault lines between the blacks and whites? Could black Muslims turn into Jihadis? Can black Christians be tempted to become Jihadi Muslims? Militant attacks on cops by armed blacks as military strategy have recently begun there.
Henner720 says
Whats racist about enslaving millions of african men, cutting there genitals of, to prevent reproduction , like arans did for centuries. Is that racist?.
She is has an perspective on the matter fair.
But arabs dont loathe africans ?
She is well programmed in islamofacism.
mortimer says
120 million black Africans died due to the Islamic slave trade.
80 Indians were butchered by Muslim invaders in India.
The biggest RACIST GENOCIDES in history.
They make Islam the GREATEST racist ideology in history.
FYI says
Playing the racist card is the favored means by which the left try to silence dissenting opinions.
Apart from allah/mohammed’s well known anti-Semitism,if you want racism you should read muhammed’s hadiths ..I won’t repeat them..but here’s a clue to his attitude.
muhammed famously sold TWO black slaves for ONE white slave.You can easily do the math on that one…so 2 black slaves=I white slave {sahih muslim 3901}
Talk about islamic racism!Even their self-appointed “prophet” was involved in that insidious trade.
Muslims pretend not to see that of course along with all the other weirdly immoral aspects of the perfect man’s imperfect life.But what about islam’s violent anti-Semitism and long,long history of racism?
Or is pointing that out just “islamophobia”?
It’s hard not to laugh when I hear some of those African-American converts to islam praising muhammed as their great prophet.
I mean.. don’t they know about mo?
Sahih Muslim 3901
Bukhari 5:59:512
Bukhari 8:73:182
“Son,ya need to know about mo…there’s something about mo….ya don’t know..”
Aussie Infidel says
Amjad is simply abusing her access to a news service to spread taqiyya – to lie and mislead Westerners about her dysfunctional ideology.
I couldn’t care less what race people are, or the color of their skin. I’m more concerned about their mindsets and culture. Are they are friendly and honest and follow the ‘golden rule’ of behaviour? Do they believe in freedom of speech and religion? Or do they have a covert agenda to rule over everyone else? If Muslims lived lives of compassion and tolerance, there would be no problem. But Islam indoctrinates its followers to be aggressive supremacists, and continually commands them to wage jihad against non-Muslims to subjugate their religions and culture.
The reaction of non-Muslims is not Islamophobia, it’s simply the normal human ‘fight or flight response’ to danger and aggression. A phobia is an irrational fear of something which is usually quite harmless. But people usually don’t take kindly to others wanting to do them harm, as is the intent of Muslim jihadis. Trudeau is a dhimmi who appeases these barbarians. Why should Canadians follow the example of someone like him – even if he is their PM?
Is Trudeau even aware that the term ‘Islamophobia’ was deliberately invented by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) during the 1980s specifically to silence any criticism of Islam?. Ironically, it was so named, because the IIIT recognised how successful the term ‘homophobia’ was for the LGBT lobby.
http://www.iiit.org/about.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Institute_of_Islamic_Thought
Jan Tokarev says
Is there anyone who can prove or disprove what I have heard regarding the so called term “ISLAMOPHOBIA” …???
To my understanding French scholar Gilles KEEPEL supposed to state in some of his works that the so called term ISLAMPHOBIA was intentionally fabricated and is promoted by Saudi Arabia to label all critics of Islam (especially critics of Wahhabi/salafi interpretation of Islam) in similar manner as critiques of some policies of the state Israel are sometimes labeled as INTISEMITES by some. Saudi Arabia is using this so called term ISLAMOPHOBIA as part of their strategic communication and influence operations abroad to discredit all their actual critiques ( AD HOMINEM style of logic fallacies) and to dettere all their potential critiques. If that is true than all so called “academics and experts” using such a “term” ISLAMOPHOBIA are really wrong because by doing so they unintentionally or intentionally support Saudi Arabia and others who promote wahhabism/salafism worldwide …
Paddy says
Islam is a religion the is hell bent on destroying Christianity. Society is afraid to admit we ARE in a religions war, and they want to kill Christian and set up a world wide Caliphate. Wake up America!!
Mark Swan says
Yes RCH, when living in an unstable state between reality and fantasy, wrongdoing,
without feeling at fault for any of it, even with conditions such as life and death,
to then play the victim of the ones who may see through it—takes real gall.
This is such practiced deception, and so prevalent, what a Political Ideology.
Guy Macher says
It’s not about race, ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, sex, class, or health status. It is not even about religion– I don’t care if your arse is in the air as you whisper to Satan. It’s about doctrine. I care that you want to subjugate or kill me. And, I will keep criticizing Islam’s evil doctrine no matter the law or the threats of Muslim barrows and their apologists.
Jim Conch says
Interesting, how if Islam can be considered a race, how they cannot be racists. In fact, what 1/4 or 1/5 of the world’s population is islam, then they are the biggest racists of all, being totally intolerant of anyone is not Islamic. So, isn’t she kind of arguing against herself.
dwight hogg says
If racism is such a big concern to Muslims why are they not speaking out about Imams in their Canadian mosques calling for the death of Jews? Why are they marching in the al-Quds parade supporting terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah in Toronto – their faces contorted in blind hatred against our Jewish neighbours? Why are Muslim student organizations in our universities and colleges blatantly demonizing and verbally attacking Jewish students? Ayn Hirsi Ali has revealed in her books that Muslim organizations like CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood are desperately trying to shut down all criticism of Islam and muslims – a blatant attack on free speech. When you hear about over 6,000 little girls being raped, beaten and trafficked like meat in the UK what kind of emotional response do these Muslims believe we should have? Some of these animals were convicted and at the time on hearing their convictions yelled out “Allah Akbar”. Why the hell would anyone not be sickened and angry at the never ending violence, intimidation and slaughter being perpetrated all over the world by Muslims?
isabella van der westhuizen says
The problem started off with affirmative action
Once you identify one group ( no matter what the compelling histroicla arguent is) as worthy of receiving reaprations in the form of quotas and the like you embark on thsi path. You need to protect this group so you inttroduce hate speech laws then you are on the slippery slope for sure. Becuase new grousp suddenyl emerge, women, gays, native people, disabled and tehn Muslims
It is all linked
Chet Bundy says
If “islamophobia is racist” then I am a Proud, Vocal, Traditional Roman Catholic RACIST.
Guest says
The word the left wants is prejudice. I may be a republican, but I am also a writer. And even if it’s a lie I do not tolerate misuse of words and grammer
jewdog says
The Left only acknowledges one form of evil: racism. That’s been a big concern after the Nazis formulated the concept of the Master Race, but violent discrimination can, and has come from those Muslims who subscribe to the concept of the Master Faith. And it can kill you just as dead.
gravenimage says
Spot on, Jewdog.
Barry says
So according to this excellent essayist, if islam is a race, then applying her identical definition of a race would make Catholicism a race. Since I’m a middle-aged couch potato ?, I proclaim couch potatoism a race….and I am deeply offended by couch potatophobes…..
Shabnam says
Why I oppose the Islamophobia Motion in the Canadian Ontario Parliament:
Feb 23, 2017 Shabnam Assadollahi
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/blogs/shabnam-assadollahi/op-ed-why-i-oppose-the-islamophobia-motion-in-the-canadian-parliament-26837
Iranian human rights activist Shabnam Assadollahi explains why she is opposed to the Islamophobia Motion that is set to be discussed in the Canadian Parliament.
gravenimage says
Thank you.
Peter says
It is racist to suggest that Muslims constitute a separate race.
UNCLE VLADDI says
I’m glad Robert’s covering this one! I live in Ottawa and read the Ottawa Citizen rag daily (mostly against my will, out of a morbid curiosity to see what The Enemy of rationality, civilization and humanity is up to – but it’s like watching a slow-motion train-wreck) and this sort of nonsense is all-too-commonly featured as part of its tiresome and endless globalist anti-white racist propaganda.
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Re: All too often, when someone perceived as Muslim is discriminated against, assaulted, harassed or disparaged, offenders and their supporters are quick to shrug off accusations of racism, arguing that Islam is not a race. This is an overly simplistic understanding of the social construct of race itself. “Since all racisms are socially and politically constructed rather than reliant on the reality of any biological race, it is perfectly possible for cultural markers associated with Muslimness (forms of dress, rituals, languages, etc.) to be turned into racial signifiers,” points out British academic and author Arun Kundnani.”
Let’s excise the relevant part of that screed:
“all racisms are socially and politically constructed rather than reliant on the reality of any biological race”
So these extortionists’ use of their favourite term, “racism,” doesn’t rely on reality. Got it!
2.)
Re: “In identifying anti-Muslim discrimination to be the leading form of contemporary creed-based discrimination in Ontario, the Ontario Human Rights Commission has noted that visible minorities are sometimes broadly targeted based on outward appearances, and “perceived” associations with Islam….”
Utter bullshit! The Ontario Human Rights Commission has no legal mandate whatsoever, and is nothing more than a liberal’s wet-dream Frankenstein miscreation designed as a parallel and only quasi-“legal” system to extort those accused by butthurt whiners. It has no due-process whatsoever, so the process is the punishment: The accusers don’t need lawyers or even evidence (because they Commission is run by non-lawyer SJW activists and has no actual Judges on its tribunals to judge people with), while the accused defendants have to pony up thousands to lawyers to defend them selves. Oh, and it also doesn’t abide by any legally recognized rules of evidence either, often only relying on hurt feelings.
So, for them to pretend to “identify anti-Muslim discrimination to be the leading form of contemporary creed-based discrimination in Ontario” while of course ignoring all the muslim-on-Jew crimes, is typically laughable – and public fraud.
3.) Re: ” it is perfectly possible for cultural markers associated with Muslimness (forms of dress, rituals, languages, etc.) to be turned into racial signifiers,”
-Indeed YES, but what he fails to mention is, that in sharia, “muslim” forms of dress are officially FORBIDDEN to all non-muslim infidels, on purpose, in order to turn such “cultural markers” into religious “signifiers” so THE MUSLIMS can more easily discriminate against and humiliate all the non-muslims!
Read the rest of the article – it will disgust you!
UNCLE VLADDI says
People like to dummy down their thinking to a basic binary “Good/Bad” rule emotive level.
This pits the dynamic feeling of ANGER against the static feeling of PITY.
Encouraging delinquency is what ALL criminal and idolatrous leftopaths call “Progress!”
When Conservatives and Libertarians get angry at criminals and demand they make better choices, that’s “evil” to the delinquently indulgent criminally negligent leftists who then try to ban that righteous and productive anger as “hate” (the perfectly natural human response of perpetual anger at ongoing crimes). They prefer to do nothing in stead of risking themselves, and so choose to pity and coddle all the criminals as victims, and so encourage their bad choices. So in the end, which of us is truly evil? Which is the worse choice – anger, or pity? I think we all know the answer.
So to these thought-killing literally psychopathic idolaters, people who only feel pity towards criminals, are pitiful, and good and so deserve only pity; while those who feel anger towards delinquency are ‘hateful,’ and so only deserve hate and scorn.
It’s the most childish and lazy – and, ultimately hypocritical and masochsitic – stance of tu quoque “projection” they can take.
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Most people are instinctive hypocrites, endorsing to and for others what they would never condone being done to them selves.
When confronted by anyone in any situation, being asked if they think ANYONE, ever, is either a criminal or a victim, most people will instantly and automatically choose to virtue-signal “VICTIM!” – because it’s easier and less risky than calling a potentially dangerous criminal out by accusing them of their crimes, and it gets to show off to others how tolerant and virtuous one is – all without ever having to take even a second to think!
Whee!
Besides, since the default virtue is to hold everyone as Innocent Until Proven Guilty, they get to pretend to be acting morally and within the law, too! So it’s win/win for them, every time! And they don’t care that what they’re encouraging is granting all criminals a permanent excuse state of ” Innocent Until NEVER Proven Guilty,” either – because they’re not in charge, not authorities, but can still pretend to be!
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People are easily-manipulated by the most simple, binary emotions.
Since everyone accused must be considered innocent until proven guilty, the criminal left in stead focuses on the victimhood of the accusers, reversing the onus of proof by demanding that the defense has to prove a negative – “We don’t have to prove you offended and oppressed us, because you first have to prove that we aren’t victims!”
In other words, as long as we’re presumed victims, whomever we choose to blame and extort is presumed oppressive!
Works. Every. Time.
i.e: They guilt the politicians by emotively asserting that THEY are accusing them of NOT-being “real” victims!
If the politicians (and here I include the media) had any guts or preference for rationality, logic, and facts, they would insist:
“No, you still have to prove that assertion, with, you know, ‘evidence,’ not merely extortive appeals to our emotions, too!”
To reiterate: Leftopathic Virtue-Signalling Explained!
I don’t want to be angry with criminals for their predatory choices, because that’s “hateful!”
I’d rather pity them as fellow victims, as that’s less risky and only costs YOUR tax dollars!
The mere emotion of Pity = the highest Virtue.
The mere emotion of anger = the most vile Sin.
Whee.
Mike says
This bimbo is just another towelhead propagandist.
IslamophobiaisNotRacism says
As a Muslim, if someone is trying to kill me, it is not racism. The Jihadists want to kill both non-Muslims and fellow Muslims so in my view as a Muslim, Islamophobia is NOT racism but justified.
Dacritic says
When people defend Islam, they say the stupidest things.
Stop Kafirophobia says
Just did a quick Google search and the author of this article, Sehrish Amjad, is a “Human Rights Officer” with The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM). The NCCM is formerly known as CAIR-CAN, the Canadian arm of Hamas-linked CAIR. Surprise, surprise.
libertyORdeath says
The circle of ignorance goes round and round and is growing every day. Definitely not surprising at all to see this coming from yet another Muslim Brotherhood affiliate. Canada is in an increasingly terrifying situation and there seems to be no opposition to the MB or Islamic supremicism at all in the formerly great white north.
Lodesman says
If “Islamophobia” is a crime then that crime has to be defined in the criminal code. Otherwise how will we know when the crime of “islamophobia” is being perpetrated. Islamophobia appears to mean anything an accuser wants. A phobia is defined as an irrational or an exaggerated fear of something : heights for example. Without careful definition the term is meaningless. Many would say that fear of Islam is rational.
Zha says
Islam Allah is incompatible with multiculturalism.philosophy of Canada.
It is a supremacist God that hates all other Gods. IT declared itself great
which means all other Gods are not great. Islamic monotheistic God is a
supremacist God, unfit, unsuitable for a multicultural society.
Karen says
Interesting how “racialized” communities are called to account on issues of racism, and perhaps rightly so. But racially and religiously homogenous communities, which allow no diversity whatsoever (service workers excepted) such as KSA, are not. Which one is the bigoted society?