“If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.” — Abraham Lincoln, speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.
There is no such thing as “Islamophobia.” This fact has been proven by sharper minds than mine. People are not so much afraid of Islam and Muslims as they are disgusted with Islam and the silence of Muslim clerics regarding Islamic terrorism. Robert Louis Stevenson’s “thicker than thieves at a fair” sums up the silent trust between the terrorist and the “moderates” who secretly support the terrorist’s jihad. What is really happening today is that the religion of Islam, with its long history of violence and intolerance and egregious cultures, has by this time forfeited the trust of the Western world. This is really the issue at hand. So-called “Islamophobia” is simply a tangential matter that serves merely to distract from the real issue, which is Islam’s teachings of intolerance of other faiths and, as a consequence of those teachings, the Ummah’s complete failure to assimilate into Western societies.
As the anniversary of 9/11 came around again, I was struck by the insanely bold and shameless effort the media put into pretending, all over again, that this grotesque atrocity, this terrorist attack, had nothing to do with the religion of Islam. The “moderates” of Islam — those still purporting that the basic message of Islam is salubrious for mankind — are blaming the most zealous of Islam for misrepresenting this. Conversely, the most zealous of Islam excoriate the “moderates” for misrepresenting the basic theme of Islam, which is, in their view, an extreme, imperialistic vision encompassing all of mankind: mass conversion of Western nations to the religion of Islam, which would necessarily include a transition from a Western style judiciary to a judiciary exclusively of Sharia law. For the Muslim zealot, this mass conversion cannot be accomplished soon enough, or in a peaceful manner.
The common preoccupation of both the “moderate” and the zealous of Islam is their drive for a universal Caliphate; this is not unlike Joseph Stalin’s dark machinations during his terrorist exploits preceding the Bolshevik Revolution: “the human cost was irrelevant, subordinate to its political value.”* We see this happening all around us, every day and every night, and yet the journalist, the politician, and the cleric continue to deny the very existence of Islam’s religious assault on Western norms and values (many of which are Christian and Judaic), while besmirching all opposition to this religious imperialism as the mere noise of brutes and dolts.
Most of the Western world no longer can see any redeeming qualities within a religion whose adherents are more adept at deflecting blame and telling lies than they are at admitting to the glaring and inconvenient truths about their religion. They have failed to pick up on the Western adage articulated by Abraham Lincoln on that September day long ago, which is that “you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” Muslims who turn to terrorism, thereby betraying the trust of those Western nations who welcomed them into their midst, will ultimately provoke those same nations to hold Islam to account. This is the reason Donald Trump is today the President of the United States. Russian interference did not put Donald Trump in the White House: arrogant and self-serving politicians — Republicans and Democrats both — disjointed from those pressing issues that real Americans are concerned with put him there. The infiltration of Islamic terrorists into America just happened to be one of those pressing issues.
In her memoirs of her life living underground in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust, Marie Jalowicz Simon wrote, “At last I understood how much undeserved suffering the war had brought to non-Jews and Jews alike.” The same can be said of Islamic terrorism in the present age and its horrible consequences for both the Muslim and the non-Muslim. Islam is the only religion which, the more closely and meticulously followed, in the same measure the adherent is robbed of his/her humanity. This destructive efficacy is become glaringly obvious in both the Arab Middle East and the Western world to date. And the Western world is now, more than ever before, taking notice. The impression is completely negative. The foothold Islam once held in the minds of those who regarded Islam as one of the “great religions of the world” is today quickly being eroded away by the constant news of its sectarian violence and its imperialistic intolerance of other religious, especially the Jews and their ancient fidelity to the land of Israel.
The non-Muslim world is not becoming “Islamophobic”; rather, we no longer put stock in Islam’s assurances of good. And no one suffers more from this primarily Western dissent than the good Muslims living in the Western world. They are today the target of the same scorn and ridicule and bigotry with which their fellow religious have for centuries, in Muslim-dominated nations, abused the non-Muslims (especially Jews) living among them. “What goes around comes around.”
The apologists for Islam, egotistical sophists such as Tarek Fatah, have obstinately refused to acknowledge that unchangeable truth Abraham Lincoln also touched upon in his speech way back in 1854: “If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.” Governments may pass legislation that commands their citizens to accept the unacceptable, but no government has ever been powerful enough to force its citizens to believe those things which have become commonly regarded as unbelievable.
*Simon Sebag Montefiore, from Young Stalin
Linde Barrera says
Great article. Many more millions need to learn the truth about Islam with JihadWatch.org as an instructional tutor, and not base their conclusions only on the propaganda that the media spouts. Thank you Michael Devolin.
blitz2b says
@Linde Barera “… Many more millions need to learn the truth about Islam …”
… and the ONLY way fire them to know this is to put on huge billboards all over the nation the repugnant surahs that call for the massacre of the non-Muslim “kuffars”.
The moment we add even a single word, phrase or opinion to any of the authentic surahs it becomes OUR OPINION and hence we are labeled Islamophobic.
So the only way to expose Islam to our own willfully ignorant leftard brothers and sisters is to let the Koran speak for itself. We should inundate the country with banners and billboards exposing Islam for what is hidden within plain sight of the leftist imbeciles,
If we place ads with quotes from the Koran in subway stations, buses and billboards you can be guaranteed that no Muslim will EVER vandalize them, and the truth will become apparent to all those who are either too lazy to pick up the Koran and read it, or others who knowingly have their heads buried in the sands of denial.
Let Islam and it’s atrocious scriptures, and the life stories of Mohammed be the cause of it’s own demise rather than trying in vain to make our opinions of it, vehicles to educate the masses.
John Butler says
I’ve felt this for so long. You are so right. I always try to reference the Qur’an so people might be educated about the true nature of this satanic creed.
It’s notable the the Qur’an and the life of Mo are hardly, if ever, referenced when there is a debate, which invariable descends into the Kaffir being shouted down by ignorant libs of Mohammedans themselves, whose response is worse than a vampire being threatened with garlic!
eduardo odraude says
http://www.quotingislam.blogspot.com
Carl Goldberg, PhD says
Quoting the Koran and Muhammad directly is by far the most effective way to speak about Islam. If your listeners don’t like what they hear, let them argue with Allah and Muhammad, not with you.And, quotes by the Islamic religious authorities are very useful, too. For a small collection of such quotes, send me an email at ideologyofislam@cox.net.
PaulM says
Exactly. The obvious well justified fear is fear of being maimed, tortured, killed or raped by a bunch of fascists whom are strict adherents to the vomit spewed by some pedophile rapist who claimed to get around on a flying donkey. And all western governments are actually supporting, defending and condoning their actions. And round and round the drain we go.
PaulM says
By the way, what an excellent, timely and very well presented article. Kudos to Mr. Devolin.
GUEST says
Remember what Turkey’s Erdogan recently said… that there is no “moderate islam” and calling it so is “ugly” and “offensive” – http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/148016/moderate-turkeys-moderate-pm-erdogan-explains-there-no-moderate-islam-andrew-c
Bev says
A phobia is an irrational fear of something. There is nothing irrational about not wanting a bunch of oppressors, liars, manipulaters, etc, etc, etc, murderers into your house. It’s common sense you would think. We have laws on the books banning them from 1952. They cannot swear allegiance to the United States, as they have already sworn allegiance to Allah. No more.
Benedict says
“And no one suffers more from this primarily Western dissent than the good Muslims living in the Western world.”
That’s a paradoxical statement. Why would the very goodness of Muslims living in the Western world not cause them to understand the intrinsic evils of Islam and thereby make them renounce it even to the the extent, that they won’t call themselves Muslims anymore? Is their goodness defunct —? contaminated by hypocrisy? Do they suffer from islamophobia even while living in the West?
Should we accept and promote such a trivial standard of goodness?
gravenimage says
Good point, Benedict. A flaw in an otherwise excellent article.
PaulM says
There are NO GOOD MUSLIMS. Any one who follows a religion (so called) that was created by a pedophile who claimed that he got around by using a flying donkey is an idiot. I have two good friends who are pacifist muslims. The are indeed pacifists and abhor violence but they sit quietly on the sidelines and tell me that the violence is inevitable and is needed to facilitate the 14th Imam who will usher in world wide muslim dominance of the entire human race, killing out of hand and and all who do not “convert”.
patriotliz says
@Benedict…I agree…I thought it was a good article until he became an apologist for the “good” Muslims. What does he mean by the “silence” of Muslim clerics? If you’re a “MUSLIM” esp. a “MUSLIM cleric”….you can’t exactly bash your own fundamentalist ideology of Muhammad which commands murderous jihad against infidels. The only thing we should expect from those “silent” or “good” Muslims is that they renounce their wicked ideology in toto. Being a Muslim is NOT a race or ethnicity. Was it even possible for non-antisemitic “peaceful” German members of the Nazi party to go against the Nazi party ideology? I have no sympathy for Muslims who maintain that a more peaceful “Westernized” version of Islam is possible and who get caught up in the slaughter of sectarian Muslim violence. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. All you can do w/ Muslims is to prevent their hijrah into the West and other non-Muslim countries, shut down Mosques and Islamic centers and keep them contained in a box in their Islamic hell-holes and let them fight each other. Only true apostates and kafirs should be welcomed as refugees into the West from Islamic countries or even Western countries that are fast becoming Islamicized. We should expect “westernized” Muslims living here to become apostates o/w there is no way to know for sure where their loyalties lie…even if they join the U.S. military…like Nidal Hasan.
Jaladhi says
It is not phobia of Islam and Muslims since a phobia is irrational fear of anything. But the fear of Muslims an and Islam is real and is based on the actions/terrorism of Muslims for last 1400 years. Why the so called “intelligent” people of the West are ignoring history and are declaring fear of Muslims is Islamophobia?
Fear of Islam and Muslims is real based on terrorism committed by Muslims though out the World! And as for the Muslim clerics – they are ones who incite Muslims to commit terror on non-Muslims. What else would you expect from them, they are only enforcing Mo/allah’s teachings from Quran!!
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Dirty Hindu barbarian Jaladhi, you mean raping untouchable outcast ladies inserting sticks instead of penis is right?
Gen Jones says
And like clockwork we are graced by the preoccupations of Islamic thought.
Suebe Hatz says
You are disgusting and if you are a Muslim then this shows just how hateful and disgusting your way of thinking is. Your prophet did not talk to god he talked to an ex angel called Satan
Benedict says
A pity your mother didn’t use such a contraceptive – at least in your occasion. But since you regularly attend this forum, I want, as one of the very few here, to express my best hope for you.
gravenimage says
More from the appalling Ibrahim itace muhammed.
Note that he has many times here affirmed that Muslims can keep Infidel women as sex slaves. He seems to be fine with rape as long as it involves penile penetration.
And, of course, there is nothing in Hinduism that condones rape–would that the same were true of Islam.
The “Prophet” Muhammed himself was a rapist.
Ibrahim itace muhammed has also affirmed that Infidels should be murdered for daring to point this out.
Peter says
But there is:
I S L A M O R E A L I S M
and
I S L A M O P R O B I A
Benedict says
Islamophobia is real if you understand it as a fear that is foundational to Islam.
“”Fear has torment” writes the apostle of love and Muslims are, because of Islam, more than any other group of religious people tormented by fear. That’s why their religion excels in the production of terrorists; what you have been given as an unfortunate birthday present you desperately try to pass on to others in the futile hope of getting rid of it, or you sublimate it and use it as a means to earn the special reward in heaven your evil and deceptive religion promises you. And if that may not come to pass at least “commune naufragium dulce”.
Islam is psychological and social poison.
IQ al Rassooli says
With all due respect to MICHAEL DEVOLIN the following are TRUE:
“Calling Islam Peaceful and or a Religion are two of the most egregious LIES that have ever been insinuated into the human consciousness ”
Islam is a CULT; the Cult of Muhammad
As others have pointed the following is also TRUE:
Phobia is IRRATIONAL fear
Fearing MUSLIMS who want humans either Submit to Sharia or be EXTERMINATED is totally RATIONAL
Hence, NOT fearing Islam and or Muslims would be IRRATIONAL
Case closed
IQ al Rassooli
Kafir & Proud!
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Paulm, Do you know that Holy Spirit who descends on filthy Christians like a dove is exactly the Satan (the cursed one) ? I hope you are far away from filthy Christianity inspired by the Satan in the year 325 AD at Nicea during the reign of Roman pagan Emperor Constantine.
duh swami says
Every bit of that is man made…a matter of opinion…
Jim says
May God forgive you Ibrahim for blaspheming the Holy Spirit. You surely know not what you do. Sadly, Ibrahim, it is Mohammad who descended on “muslims” and taught them satanic acts. (Why do you worship Mohammad? Why do you prohibit pictures of Mohammad? I thought graven images were prohibited only of God. You seem to treat Mohammad as God. Is Mohammad a God? *That* is a blasphemy.)
SH says
You are disgusting and if you are a Muslim then this shows just how hateful and disgusting your way of thinking is. Your prophet did not talk to god he talked to an ex angel called Satan Jesus was before your prophet was even born. Your prophet couldn’t even write or read. His captives that had to write for him, stated that in his supposed writings, but those statements were taken out so that people like you would not know the truth. The only truth is in Gods Holy Bible. I don’t see how you could even believe a man that raped little boys, and married 6 year old girls. I thought homosexuality is against your laws. Oh that’s right raping little boys is not homosexuality it is teaching the boy on who is in charge.
SH says
Your ways are not Gods ways. God does not want anyone to hurt little children, but little boys can be raped by men, and little 6 year old girls are married to an old man. How disgusting are both actions. The god that your prophet talked was the god of this world and that is a fallen angel named Satan.
Jack Diamond says
Inspired by Satan like Muhammad was when he “received” the Satanic Verses? It’s a matter of record that Muhammad could not distinguish the words of Satan from the words of his god, it is the most reputable Islamic sources that report the devil put words in the mouth of Muhammad {Surah 53}. Who is it who was actually inspired by Satan? Your own texts say it was Muhammad.
If Satan did it once, how many more times? What other parts of the Qur’an were dictated by Satan, since it has been established that some were? Perhaps all of them? You’re the one with a Satan problem.
Nowhere in the Bible does someone encountering God or an angel have the experience Muhammad did when he encountered “Gabrel”: in despair and suicidal, wanting to throw himself off a mountainside. In fact, he himself thought he might be possessed of a demon. The difference between the darkness experienced by Muhammad encountering the “deity” and the Light and Peace and Grace experienced by those in the Bible encountering the Lord, is stark and revealing.
Only the Qur’an says Allah is the “best of deceivers.” The Bible says God is incapable of a lie. It also says Satan is the Father of all Lies. Only Islam has an elaborate doctrine devoted to LYING and deceiving; only Islam calls for permanent hatred and a permanent war on disbelievers; only Islam sanctions the evils of slavery and murder and rape {this is real “filth”}. It’s not a hard call to discern where Satan must have actually descended. By their fruits shall you know them.
Say hi to Beelzebub, Bub.
gravenimage says
Ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:
Paulm, Do you know that Holy Spirit who descends on filthy Christians like a dove is exactly the Satan (the cursed one) ?
…………………………………
Given that PaulM wrote about Muslims raping and killing us–and the “Prophet” being a pedophile rapist–it is notable that Ibrahim itace muhammed has nothing negative to say about this.
Instead, he is saying that those who do not practice such depravity–and in most cases actively oppose it–are swayed by “the Satan”.
Islamic “values” in a nutshell. *Ugh*.
No Fear says
Filthy? The most filthy man I ever read about was Mohammed. He beheaded more Jews than Hitler, he was a torturer, killer, child rapist, thief, liar. He had a woman killed. He was the worst of man. Have you not read about Mohammed’s filthy despicable actions in the muslim Hadith texts? How can ANYONE follow Mohammed?
gravenimage says
No Fear, Ibrahim itace muhammed knows all about the savagery of the “Prophet”, and has said that anyone who criticizes him should be killed.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
The apologists for Islam, egotistical sophists such as Tarek Fatah…
… and Hillary, Big John, ex-Prez Barack Hussein, Pope Francis, Angela Merkel, Charlie Rose, Bill De Blasio, Bill O’Reilly, Theresa May, Sean Hannity, Prince Charles, Rachel Maddow and the rest of the thought leaders in the Western world. Together they exert a powerful force on public opinion.
Notably, leaders in East Asia decline to join the fantasy brigade.
… but no government has ever been powerful enough to force its citizens to believe those things which have become commonly regarded as unbelievable.
But many governments have forced its citizens to submit. And doing that is all the more feasible and sustainable with technology to monitor the population for opinions opposing policy imposed by the ruling elites.
gravenimage says
APF, while both dangerous, Muslim Taqiyya artists like Tarek Fatah are somewhat different from dhimmi tools like the ones you list.
Tom says
Any rational, thinking person, seeing what is occurring today in Europe as the result of mass migration and politically correct policy, must have a fear of Islam and its proponents.
Only a fool, or a politician with an evil agenda, would look at the unmitigated disasters that have befallen Sweden, France and Germany, as well as in the UK, and still say that mass migration of muslims and their religious and cultural beliefs is a benefit to western societies.
Phil says
Well said, Tom
gravenimage says
Common sense, Tom. Thank you.
Leon Kushner says
I liked and agreed entirely with your well written article except for your attack on Tarek Fatah. Of course you are entitled to your opinion. I well understand why you wrote that but in mho Tarek is our friend (as he wrote in his book The Jew is Not My Enemy) so I try to support him. We need all the friends we can get. Sadly we have many enemies of which you could have chosen to berate. To put it in another way, if all muslims were like him, the world would be a better place.
There are quite a few people who believe that Islam can be truly moderated. I myself am not convinced. All I know is that when a huge group of people follow a destructive ideology and many within that group follow up their bible with terrorist acts, it’s time to destroy them and their book. I know that Tarek wouldn’t like hearing that but that’s what this comments section is for. Best regards!
Jack Diamond says
Are you familiar with Tarek Fatah’s attack on Wafa Sultan? He accused her of “Islamophobia” btw.
Mr. Fatah is either a liar (and false friend) or is completely uninformed about the texts of his own religion.
Either way he whitewashes Islam in the name of scapegoating “Islamists.”
Just a sample of his “outrage” after watching Wafa Sultan debate Daniel Pipes about “moderate” Islam:
1. Is there a Muslim who feels the words of Wafa Sultan that Prophet Muhammad raped a 9-year old Aisha as 57-year old married man were not hateful?
2. If accusing the most important man in Islam of rape is not judged as hatred towards that religion and his followers, then what would be classified as hate?
{this is absurd, the most reliable hadith confirm this episode and the ages of those concerned}
“Dr. Sultan wasted no time in lashing out at her former faith. Catering to the fears of her predominantly Jewish audience, she said, Muhammad was a Jew killer. To further inflame the crowd, Wafa Sultan delivered an astonishing account of how the Prophet had slaughtered Jews and then raped the wife of the defeated Jewish tribe.”
{really? This is “astonishing” implying it is false and invented by Wafa Sultan? The Qur’an and Sunnah relate the slaughter of the Jews (including 800 men and boys of the Banu Qurayza, bound and bent over a ditch and beheaded) and the rape of Safiyah after the murder of her husband at Khaybar… yes rape, since he had her in his tent that night. Then, Rayhana’s husband was one of the 800 beheaded, and here again Muhammad selected her because she was the most beautiful captive. Sex with a captive is rape, Mr. Fatah. What happened to the Jews of Arabia after Muhammad said there could only be one religion there? Jewish life in Arabia was erased}.
“Daniel Pipes reminded his Jewish audience that Islam was not the bogeyman it has been made out to be. The problem is not Islam, it is Islamism, he told them.
“I left the synagogue deeply disturbed. In the fight against Islamofascism, Wafa Sultan’s hatred of Islam was cultivating the very forces she claims to be exposing. When a questioner asked her “What is the solution?” she just shrugged her shoulders. Perhaps the answer she had in mind was too outrageous even by her own standards: Force Muslims to convert or die.”
{Calumny. What Sultan said was “I’m not asking [them] to convert to a different religion; I’m asking to grant them the freedom to choose, the freedom to be, to follow whatever path they want to follow. That’s all.” Of course, it is ISLAM that commanded convert or die (9:5)! Projection much}
http://www.ruthfullyyours.com/2010/03/13/tarek-fatah-so-well-named-slams-wafa-sultan-please-see-note/
This was ex-Muslim Ali Sina’s observation:
“In this debate Pipes argued that Islam is not essentially an intolerant religion and that there have been instances when Jews who were persecuted in Christian countries had sought refuge in Muslim lands. Sultan disagreed and reminded her audience that Muhammad had raided several Jewish tribes who lived in Arabia, massacred their unarmed men and allowed his marauding band to rape their women, while always reserving the prettiest for himself.
Upon hearing these comments, Fatah was traumatized. Even a hardened secular Muslim such as myself was deeply hurt by what I heard that evening, wrote Fatah.
Fatah accused Sultan of fear mongering and telling to a predominantly Jewish audience, that Muhammad was a Jew killer. He wrote, Wafa Sultan delivered an astonishing account of how the Prophet had slaughtered Jews and then raped the wife of the defeated Jewish tribe.
Astonishing account? These accounts were reported by early Muslim historians. If Fatah is astonished it is because he, like most Muslims, has not read the history of Islam. Few Muslims care to investigate their religion. The references to Muhammad raids, rapes and lootings can also be found in the Quran.
Many verses of the Quran portray the Jews as evil doers, wicked, transgressors, prophet killers, and despised by God. Because Muhammad hated the Jews, Muslims will always hate the Jews. This hatred is inseparable from Islam.
Lies always come back to haunt us. A Muslim who does not practice Islam or believes Islam means peace is not a moderate Muslim, but a wishy-washy Muslim or an ignorant Muslim.
This myth (of moderate Islam) is endangering the lives of the critics of Islam and is violating their right to free speech. Good people are called islamophobe, bigot, racist and fascist because the world prefers politically correct untruths to the inconvenient truth. It is thanks to this myth that telling the truth has become the new hate speech.
Mr. Tarek Fatah proves my point that there is no such thing as moderate Muslim. He calls himself hardened secular, but cannot stand to hear a historic truth about his prophet. When he says, Wafa Sultan’s hatred of Islam was cultivating the very forces she claims to be exposing, he is talking about himself.
I would like to remind the readers that virtually all Muslim terrorists come from a secular background. At one point they were just moderate as Mr. Fatah is today until something happened in their lives and they turned to their faith.
Every a moderate Muslim is a potential terrorist. The belief in Islam is like a tank of gasoline. It looks innocuous, until it meets the fire. For a “moderate†Muslim to become a murderous jihadist, all it takes is a spark of faith.
It is time to put an end to the charade of moderate Islam. There is no such thing as moderate Muslim. Muslims are either jihadists or dormant jihadists – moderate, they are not.”
Jack Diamond says
*even in this detail Fatah misquotes Sultan, about Muhammad’s age with Aisha, which was 54.
gravenimage says
Fine post, Jack.
I’m afraid Tarek Fatah is no real friend of the Anti-Jihad.
Charlie Martel says
They don’t care what is in our hearts, so long as we are on our knees.
gravenimage says
Grimly true.
Gen Jones says
Academics and social media talk about the idea of White Privilege being the underlying cause of inequality and it’s insidious because it is so imbedded in society that we can’t see it. However Muslim Priviledge is certainly an insidious phenomenon and no one talks recognizes it. Media and politicians and celebs and academics all follow the rule that Islam cannot be critiqued, no it must be embraced and praised as part of diversity. Muslims are upheld as ideal perfect people. Oh look the first Muslim XYZ! Hijabis are lauded simply for wearing a piece of cloth on their heads. They are never questioned about their beliefs, or given softball questions, they are all assumed to be “moderates” by default. It’s a lucky perch.
duh swami says
The word ‘Islamophobe has deep and mysterious meaning…mostly deep and mysterious…Only those who wear a Robert Spencer decoder ring can hope
to penetrate the mysteries of Islamophobia… ‘Know the truth and the truth shall set you free’…What has that got to do with Islamophobia?…Nothing…
WorkingClassPost says
Islamophobia is certainly real, just not what most people suffer from.
For example, a fear of snakes, or crocodiles, is a rational and healthy response to a known and measurable threat, but looking for them under the bed every night before sleeping is indeed a phobia.
In the same way, conflating an irrational fear of islam and muslims, with a knowledgeable and healthy suspicion or caution, is simply a trick used to discredit an educated and natural response to a very real menace.
It’s a difficult one, because denying the existence of islamophobia is no different to denying the existence of any other phobia. But to acknowledge it’s existence does not, and should never, mean that we accept the charge of actually being islamophobic.
For my own part, I know that since becoming Islamaware, I have indeed developed a profound and entirely reasonable alertness regarding anything, or anyone, touched by that twisted ideology.
Chris Norman says
I fully agree with your Islamaware standing and its definition – “profound and entirely reasonable alertness regarding anything, or anyone touched by that twisted ideology.” We need more people to be Islamaware. #Islamaware
WorkingClassPost says
Cheers, Chris.
I don’t do tweeter, so let me know if it catches on. #Islamaware
Voytek Gagalka says
“…the Ummah’s complete failure to assimilate into Western societies.”
Of course, they don’t wish to assimilate. That’s another tenet of their credo: They abhor everything which is not of Islam. Their imperialistic insolence goes as far as claiming that Islam was here almost forever, that their “god” (allah) is the One “true God” of Jews and Christians, that they all were “originally” Muslim, too, but “went astray,” claiming that all previous “prophets” (under twisted or substituted names) were all Muslim. If you want to see imperialism in full ugly totality, don’t look at historic imperial states, Rome, Soviet Union or Nazi Germany: Look on Islam.
Cheer Bear Girl says
I found Islamophobia to be the most absurd thing I’ve ever heard. I would hardly call a fear of people who kill and rape and torture others irrational.
I think some twisted individuals wanted to kill Christians so they use Muslims to do their dirty work. Unfortunately for them Muslims are at war with everyone.
fed up says
“no one suffers more from this primarily Western dissent than the good Muslims living in the Western world. They are today the target of the same scorn and ridicule and bigotry with which their fellow religious have for centuries, in Muslim-dominated nations”
My reaction to the “good Muslims” is that we probably only consider them good because they are not, at this minute, actively trying to kill us. Those are mighty low standards. Also, the intent to kill could change at any time, if they are pushed by their mosque to be more fundamentalist. As the Muslim population grows, and as they gain political power, which they are actively pursuing right now, the few who do not want to kill us filthy infidels will be pressured to adhere to the Muslim goal of domination. I would expect the wolves to take off their sheep’s clothing at that time and show their doctrine’s true dark character.
Sarah says
Great article, I thank you for writing it.
I often muse over what the potential other consequences will be, from the usage of ‘Islamaphobia’ as a term and insult.
Medically and scientifically speaking, it is generally accepted that if you are faced with a human being who has a recognized phobia in something, you treat their condition seriously and with respect. If you’ve ever met a true Arachnophobic and put a spider in their vicinity, the response is, well, stupefying to be honest.
I watched a sensible, responsible, intelligent, decent man in his late 30s, scramble to undo his seatbelt, screaming at the top of his lungs and literally, throw himself from a moving car. I’m not joking – as I was a kid and I was in the backseat at the time. He threw himself out of a car doing about 45km an hour. He was beyond rational thought at the time – he lost some skin on the bitumen, he left a little girl locked into the backseat and left the car to roll down the road. That’s a phobia. That is someone displaying excessive and irrational fear to the object or scenario that they are phobic to or of.
Look at an Agoraphobic. Some poor buggar who is trapped in their home. Wasting their life away and they are conscious – highly conscious that they are wasting their life, letting the days slide away, as they drift from room to room, too terrified to go outside.
There are so many genuine recognized phobias out there. They’re serious, they often require significant medical intervention and they are a true torture for the sufferer to endure, day in day out.
And these bastard’s have the nerve to invent Islamaphobia out of sheer thin air and then on top of that – use it as an insult. You don’t mock someone with a true phobia. That is just pointlessly cruel and only guaranteed to make the situation worse. You don’t judge them for it. You don’t hate them for it. They can’t hep it. ITS FEAR. For fuck’s sake, its out of control fear, you should pity the poor person, not hate them for it.
So. Either Islamaphobia is a ‘real’ disorder – and if so – I’d like to see some scientific studies on people suffering from this who are exhibiting the excessive fear and irrational behaviour that we see from other phobia sufferers – and that means that these animals on the Left and in the Muslim community are bullying, hassling, tormenting and vindictively targeting sick people with a real disorder.
OR – the whole thing is a bunch of total horse shit (and that’s the truth here, let’s face it) and by calling it Islamaphobia, they are actively showing their sheer lack of regard for true sufferers of true phobias. They are undermining their conditions and disorders and they are showing by contextual example that phobia sufferers are bad people for having the phobia they have and deserved to be hated for it, judged for it, doxxed for it, sacked for it, prosecuted for it etc etc.
Either way – whichever route you choose – Islamaphobia and the insistence of the Left and Muslims to utilize it as a ‘real’ thing and as an insult against their opponents – just goes to show, that the Left and the Muslims are truly, fucking woeful excuses for compassionate human being’s.
I’ve been accused of Islamaphobia before. All of us on here, probably have by now. My response to anyone who accuses me of it, is to laugh my head off and tell them that no, I don’t fear Islam. It sickens me. It disgusts me. I loathe it. I have no respect for it and no tolerance for it. And if you want to insult me for having these views – then by all means, call me a bigot – but its not a phobia. And honestly, you can shriek ‘bigot’ at me til the cows come home, but its never going to change my views, nor is it going to make me receptive to listening to yours.
lpgdon says
Excellent post. I agree with every word.
gravenimage says
There is no such thing as “Islamophobia”
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Fine piece from Michael Devolin. Thanks.
JOHN FORBES says
VERY GOOD ARTICLE BUT SADLY I CANNOT SEE ANYONE IN THE CURRENT LEFTIST MEDIA BEING AT ALL INTERESTED IN ANYTHING RESEMBLING THE TRUTH!
MOST OF THE TRUTH IS WELL DENIED & HIDDEN AWAY!
Kasey says
CORRECT….It’s actually an attitude developed in anyone based on their awareness of ISLAMOREALITY in action.
Mike says
Read Lincoln ‘s word twice and now think of our dear questions giver Donna Brazile .
Politicianphobia says
Happy to see I bra him taking time out from thighing some sweet, little girl.
Politicianphobia says
“Islam is not merely a belief, so that it is enough merely to preach it. Islam, which is a way of life, takes practical steps to organize a movement for freeing man. Other societies do not give it any opportunity to organize its followers according to its own method, and hence it is the duty of Islam to ANNIHILATE all such systems, as they are obstacles in the way of universal freedom. Only in this manner can the way of life be wholly dedicated to God, so that neither any human authority nor the question of servitude remains, as is the case in all other systems which are based on man’s servitude to man”.
mummymovie says
Inspiring.
Very well written, Michael.
Thanks.
scherado says
If I defined “islamophobia” as an irrational fear of Islam and/or Muslims, then on what basis would I assert that “there is no such thing”, that is, that it does not exist? To be clear, the equivalent, NECESSARY, implication is that islamophobes don’t exist; therefore, if there are no islamophobes, then “islamophobia” does not exist. There may be such people. (Please note the distinction made between the actors [Muslim] and the doctrine [abstract tenets]; I do not and will not entertain the “irrational fear of the religious doctrine Islam.)
What is false: That the vast majority of those who oppose some set of Muslims who support or commit crimes against “infidels” or such crimes that are motivated by Islamic doctrine, that this set of people are “islamophobes.”
scherado says
There ARE people who have an irrational fear of spiders.
There MAY BE people who have an irrational fear of Muslims.
Capice? [Comprende?]
Carl Goldberg, PhD says
Excellent article.
True, Lincoln said that you can’t fool all the people all the time. However, you don’t have to! All the Moslems need to do is fool enough people into enabling them to achieve dominance. Remember, the program of the Muslim Brotherhood makes it clear that they will use the hands of the non-Moslems in order to destroy western civilization. Our two Moslem congressmen were not elected by Moslems; they were elected by non-Moslems.The entire Democrat Party, and all of the Americans who vote for them, as well as a goodly portion of Republican voters, willingly enable the Moslems to burrow into all of our governmental, educational, media and even our Jewish synagogues and Christian Churches. That portion of the conservative public, which pretty much understands the dangerous nature of the Islamic threat, is not enough to stop the tide of slow Islamization. We must get the rest of the conservatives to understand that there is no such thing as “moderate Islam” or “Islamic reform”, but only Islam — just like Erdogan said.