The term “Islamophobia” is an illegitimate conflation of two distinct phenomena: crimes against innocent Muslims, or discrimination against them, neither of which is ever justified, and honest analysis of the motivating ideology of jihad terror, which is always necessary. Islamic advocacy groups and their Leftist allies have been insisting for years that such analysis, too, constituted “Islamophobia.” And they mean to silence it and force the West to adopt what are in essence Sharia blasphemy restrictions. You can see that in the report below: it starts out by speaking about “hate crimes against Muslims,” which are always wrong, and ends up implying that a restriction of “anti-Muslim rhetoric” is needed. The problem with that is that truthful and honest speech about jihad violence has been smeared for two decades now as “anti-Muslim rhetoric.”
“Islamophobia in Europe is at a ‘tipping point’, new report warns,” TRT World, December 30, 2021 (thanks to Henry):
According to a new study, the pandemic, far from reducing anti-Muslim hate crimes has accelerated some of the worst narratives against Islam and Muslims.
A new report on Islamophobia in Europe has warned that hate crimes against Muslims in the continent have “worsened, if not reached a tipping point,” over the last two years.
The pandemic resulted in relatively fewer physical attacks on Muslims and their places of worship, but that didn’t result in less hate speech. Instead, according to the authors, there was an increase in online hate speech, which has longer-term implications for how Islamophobia is tackled across the continent.
Enes Bayrakli, one of the report’s co-authors, described the increase of online abuse directed at Muslims as a “significant trend.”
“This is worrying because online narratives don’t stay online and can create a climate for physical attacks to occur in the real world,” said Bayrakli speaking to TRT World.
A report in 2020 looking at online trends of Islamophobia found ubiquitous examples of fake news, which included themes that Muslims were super-spreaders of Covid-19, that mosques were covid vectors or that pandemic rules were applied more leniently towards Muslims out of fear of being accused of racism.
Such fake news stories represented an intersection and a development in narratives against Muslims that are common themes amongst Islamophobes.
Mainstream media outlets also contributed to the idea of linking images of Muslims to the pandemic and therefore legitimising negative tropes about Muslims and the pandemic.
Another important feature of this year’s Islamophobia report is the cover image depicting the French President Emmanuel Macron.
When asked why this was significant, Bayrakli said that “Macron has become the face of institutional and structural Islamophobia in Europe. His policies are directly targeting, discrimination and criminalising Muslims in France.”
There are few countries in Europe where Islam and Muslims face as much scrutiny as they do in France.
“There are of course other politicians in Europe who are following the same policies as France,” says Bayrakli, but France is applying “Islamophobic practices at the state level in dealing with their Muslim minorities,” he added.
This week alone saw two mosques attacked in France against a backdrop of rising anti-Muslim rhetoric from the countries political establishment, which increasingly frames Muslims as the threat within.
France has closed down more than 17 mosques for violating vague “security laws” or not having the right “safety standards” in the last two years. An additional 89 mosques are also under surveillance.
According to this year’s report on Islamophobia, France’s systemic pressure on Muslims has resulted in unprecedented “increasing number of police searches, threats of eviction, as well as mosques and school closures, including the dissolution of a humanitarian NGO and a human rights organisation defending Muslims in France against racism and discrimination.”
When put together these actions, the report warned, “threatened the fundamental freedoms of Muslims.”…
The government hailed the raids as a success. However, the lack of results has cast doubt on the aim of the raids in a country that has increasingly seen an increase in anti-Muslim rhetoric.
Wellington says
No, au contraire, stupidity in Europe has worsened, ditto for America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, et al.
The West has dumbed down since the 1960’s (God, I hate this decade—whatever good it accomplished is far outweighed by its many stupidities). Loathe the Sixties because it was the “turning of the tide” in an exactly wrong direction.
Hence by 2022 a manipulative term like “Islamophobia,” which is used to shut people up about any criticism of Islam, courtesy of the Muslim Brotherhood through one of its many front groups, is now accepted by a shitload of uninformed people in the West (e.g., the entire Democratic Party representation in the House of Representatives minus a few who are evil and know—Omar and Tlaib come to mind). And the Islamic world en masse is simply delighted by this descent into stupidity and self-hate by the idiots now in charge of Western Civilization (Joe Biden in “first place” here), a civilization which such people moronically despise.
Meanwhile, the forever parasitic and destructive Islamic world is “champing at the bit.” You bet it is.
mortimer says
Islam cannot be defended by a reasonably moral person and Muslims realize that, so they want complete control of all speech about Islam. That allows them to silence any criticism of Mohammed’s amoral conduct, of forced child marriage, FGM, the 1400-year-long Islamic slave trade, oppression of women, the persecution of kafirs, violent jihadism, Islam’s imperial agenda of political world-dominance, and of discriminatory, bigoted Sharia law.
Anything that intentionally or indirectly reduces the prestige and ‘honor’ of Islam is called ‘Islamophobia’ by this bigoted supremacists.
James Lincoln says
mortimer says,
“Islam cannot be defended by a reasonably moral person and Muslims realize that, so they want complete control of all speech about Islam.”
Yes, that’s it in a nutshell.
gravenimage says
All true, Wellington, Mortimer, and James. Good exchange.
Violet C says
100% agree!
Kepha says
Sir, the era of which you speak I call the Silly ‘Sixties and Sillier ‘Seventies. The students wildly indignant about nearly everything (SWINE–who else remembers Al Capp?) who spewed their sillinesses across the globe are now the revered mentors of the people who are in charge.
But, we cannot simply blame the half-baked young who remained in a state of permanent adolescent rebellion even down to old age (I know some such people). We also have those supposedly sober, conservative businessmen who exported our productive capacity to a Communist China whose hatred for us knows no bounds and the supposedly “wise” statesmen (the overrated Henry Kissinger comes to mind), who imply had no clue about the spiritual and ideological motivations that drive so much of the world.
livingengine says
CAIR attacked 28 people on TV in 2021. It takes over half an hour to highlight them all –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBDfeIjfpC8
Michael Copeland says
“online narratives …. can create a climate for physical attacks to occur in the real world,”
More importantly, mosque narratives and exhortations actually lead to physical attacks in the real world.
“Kill them wherever your find them”, “Let them find harshness in you”, “terrorise them” and so on (all from the Koran).
mortimer says
Once you may not criticize the violence of jihadism, then jihadism will be practiced without any criticism whatsoever.
gravenimage says
Spot on, Michael and Mortimer.
Yogi says
Don’t import this Christians denial parasites, savages!!, just look up Italy, Spain , Greece, it’s a disaster, Germany is to blame for this mess , Sea watch under German flag !!, and they importing more ( 20 thousand Afghans reapists) yo the country this year , Germany is destroying Europe!! At least contributes to destroy our culture and way of life , get out from EU. It’s only option.,
Infidel says
Great news, if only it was true! If it’s as the authors claim, then how is it that last year, Germany, instead of catapulting the AfD to power, handed it to the islamophilic Social Democrats? Similarly, except maybe Italy and Austria, no western European countries have been electing ‘islamophobes’ to power
Emilie Green says
If, as Muslims and the left claim, so-called Islamophobia is increasing, then I’d suggest that Muslims are the greatest contributor to it. How? By being Muslims and acting out Muslim practices. Because more and more are waking to the realities of Islam despite Muslims’ (and leftists’) efforts to keep us from knowing what real Islam is about.
And the more you know of Islam, the more disgusted you become. IF you’re a sentient person however. The irrationality and stupidity of Islam is only exceeded by its cruelty.
tim gallagher says
Spot on, Emilie. It is definitely all the evil, violent behaviours of Muslims that leads to increased islamophobia. If it is, in fact, happening, it is only because more people are finally waking up..Great last sentence which sums up islam’s loathsome nature perfectly.
somehistory says
I agree.
tim gallagher says
Yeah, it has amazed me for ages, somehistory, how Muslims have been carrying out all these terrorist attacks, rape gangs, etc, and yet somehow they have got this scam running where no-one is supposed to notice all the evil garbage that they are doing and criticise them for their evil behaviour, because that would be nasty islamophobia. it is quite a scam they have been getting away with. If more people are finally waking up to islam’s evil then that is a good thing. The more islamophobia the better I’d say.
Istvan Vogel says
I feel that kuffarphobia is on the increase and should be made unlawful.
Ben says
I live in Malmö (Sweden), it’s not a phobia, it’s a reality.
gravenimage says
I’ve heard that things are really bad in Malmö, Ben–a formerly civilized city with a large Jewish population–now, increasingly, a Muslim crap hole.
Keys says
+1. Thanks for your comments. I hope most all Swedes agree with you.
Here in the USA one of the biggest of the myriad problems in regard to Islam is that many of the fools in power, and their followers, insist that Islam is a religion of peace; that “Islamophobia” by non-muslim “white supremacists” ought to be a punishable crime; that most Muslims are treated unfairly and are entitled to special privileges; and that any criticism of Islam, even if it is true, ought not be tolerated.
Eleanor says
In the USA, if you have a black/muslim alliance, then you will have major problems. The blacks will ally with the muslims due to the level of violence Islam permits. Both cultures/ethniticities enjoy and promote violence unfortunately.
Ben says
End Islamophilia!
Ben says
“How dreadful are the curses which Muhammadism lays on its votaries.
Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in this world.” ~ Winston Churchill, 1898
Treereen says
It’s not a “tipping point” unless they start leaving Europe and permanently.
Why is it that “systemic”, “institutional” and “structural” racisms as well as radioactively rampant “islamophobia” everywhere at all times doesn’t stop all the muslim parasites from turning up uninvited, demanding we change how we live and getting taxpayer funded freebies, forever?
gravenimage says
How is this a “tipping point”? Enes Bayrakli does not of course really say. Certainly, violent Muslims are still flooding into Europe.
gravenimage says
According to a new study, the pandemic, far from reducing anti-Muslim hate crimes has accelerated some of the worst narratives against Islam and Muslims.
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As Robert Spencer notes, these are completely differing things. The article notes that there are few hate crimes, and that all that has “accelerated” are “narratives” critical of Islam.
Note that there is no indication of why people should not be allowed to criticize the violence of Islam.
Note too the false claim that the only thing that has led to criticism of Islam is “fake news stories”. What he really means is that some Europeans have become critical of Islam because of Jihad terror.
Note further that he singles out not “Islamophobes” who have supposedly physically harmed Muslims, but French President Macron, who is simply trying to curb Jihad terror against his people, Very telling.
Egor says
The Left have a canny way of using words which are deemed acceptable. How many times do we hear embrace, suggest, encourage, urge and the list goes on. “Tipping Point” has simply become another one of those words or phrases. We have the Climate Change claimants telling us in the local press that that we are at the tipping point and if we do not do something about the factors affecting climate change, we shall be too late. This just more of the same old same old.
Eleanor says
If true, and I believe it is, that headline is great news for 2022. There cannot be too much “Islamophobia” in the West.
Clive Delmonte says
Islamophobia does not exist. There are ordinary decent people who wish to ask
1 why women have a very much secondary role
2 why there is forced marriage of 9-year old girls
3 why “honour killings” are only ever of women
4 why integration with the host community is always rejected
5 why there is no “happy and contented” Muslim society anywhere
6 etc.
gregbeetham says
I don’t know how our elected representatives and the bureaucracy are getting away with their tripe, they don’t seem to get held to account, their wreck of a narrative on Islam is coming in on one engine and the populace is up to here apparently with their crap but they don’t ever seem to get turfed out.
I’d say first and foremost the media would be the fly in the ointment by not reporting on Muslim murderous attacks all over the world and the fact that Muslims are experts at playing the victim card while also dispensing copious amounts of their propaganda bilge and distortions and lies. So currently the social media giants have swallowed their crap where they ban you for speaking about the hate speech in the Koran but they don’t ban the actual hate speech in the Koran or Muslims that spruik it.
I think we must have fallen through a temporal warp some time ago where truth and lies and right and wrong all got reversed, they say the magnetic polarity of the Earth could flip at some point like it has done before, I wonder what effect that will have?.
ed says
Does such a thing as a really innocent moslen exist?
gravenimage says
Sure–but only to the point that they fail to embrace the calls for violence of their grim faith.
OLD GUY says
END ISLAM
Ren says
Islamophobia is a must to end islam.
somehistory says
If someone shows a dislike of me, I try to limit my interactions with that person. I will do my best to stay away from any unnecessary contact.
mozlums are too arrogant for their own good. If they just would recognize that their belief system is full of hate, violence, deception, lust, and that these characteristics make them appear to be bad associations, they might not feel so much “phobia” against their belief system…because they would, perhaps, give it up for something better.
I say, if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. If you don’t want people to look at you with distaste, or even a measure of fear, then go someplace where those people are not. If you want to be liked by everyone, then move where everyone is just like you. (even then, no one is liked by everyone, even those who are alike)
However, unlike *normal* people who tend to stay away from people that don’t like them and whom they don’t really care for, mozlums *****want***** others to be afraid of them. mozlums *****look***** for offense and will make it up if they don’t find it.
Kidnapping, lying about everything, theft, rape, murder….these are generally things that turn people away from those who engage in such things. mozlums engage in such things. And then whine when someone is opposing being the victim of such behavior.
there is a song from the 60’s (I believe) that was labeled “Personality”….”she’s got personality, walks…personality, talks….personality….she’s got a great big heart…..”
mozlums should listen to that song and learn something about being liked….why and then examine their own behavior as to why not.
Then, they could leave those countries where they have invaded and return to the land of mozlums, land they stole many years ago and where they live in control of government.