The term “Islamophobia” is an illegitimate conflation of two distinct phenomena: crimes against innocent Muslims, which are never justified, and honest analysis of the motivating ideology of jihad terror, which is always necessary. Saudi Arabia and others will not stop until they have compelled the West to discard the freedom of speech and adopt Sharia blasphemy restrictions. With the U.S. abandoning the freedom of speech in favor of restrictions on “disinformation,” this longtime endeavor could finally come to fruition.
“Saudi Arabia: UN counter-terrorism structure is incapable of preventing Islamophobia, racism,” Saudi Gazette, June 19, 2022:
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia said that the current structure of the United Nations and its international counter-terrorism structure has proved incapable of stemming the phenomenon of stereotyping of Muslims and has been instrumental in triggering a wave of terrorist attacks against Muslims based on Islamophobia, racism and xenophobia.
Addressing the meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Group to the UN here, Advisor Muhammad Al-Ateeq, chargé d’affairs at the Kingdom’s permanent delegation at the UN, said that it has become clear that the current UN counter-terrorism structure and tools to counter it are no longer keeping pace with changing threats.
He identified the void in tackling these threats, especially those linked to new threats arising from racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, carried out by nationalist extremists, the far right and other groups and ideologies.
These new threats pose a major challenge to the international community at present, he said.
“The OIC group reaffirms that terrorism should not be linked to any religion, race, belief, values, culture or society, as the experience of the past two decades showed that the current structure of the UN and the international counter-terrorism structure has led to the stereotyping of Muslims.
“The agenda of preventing and countering violent extremism and terrorism over the past two decades has largely focused on the so-called violent Islamic extremism,” he said.
Al-Ateeq noted that such an approach is not only compromising the basic rights of Muslim communities and Muslims in many parts of the world, but has instigated a wave of terrorist attacks against Muslims based on Islamophobia, racism and xenophobia.
Infidel says
Even assuming that ‘islamophobia’ was real, Counter-terrorism ain’t the place to address it. I’m not sure that the UN has any department that should deal w/ that in the first place
Which country is ‘islamophobic’? I can think of one – China, and not a single muslim country has sanctioned them on that count. Certainly not Saudi Arabia
gravenimage says
+1
mortimer says
For Muslims, the term ‘Islamophobia’ is a secular equivalent of the word ‘HARAM’ (impermissible) which refers to any speech that the MULLAHS do not approve.
In fact, ‘Islamophobia’ is an excuse that the mullahs hope will provide them a MONOPOLY of speech about Islam.
Islam is an HONOR/SHAME culture and any statement that exposes Islam to embarrassment is ‘IMPERMISSIBLE’.
A TRUE, VERIFIABLE and ACCURATE statement about Islam is ‘IMPERMISSIBLE’ if the statement reveals something the MULLAHS do not want the KAFIRS to know.
Confused yet? That’s because TRUTH is not important in an HONOR/SHAME culture.
That’s why Islam is confusing … the MULLAHS demand the right to lie about Islam unchallenged.
mortimer says
Reply to SH: China is CERTAINLY the most ‘Islamophobic’ of all countries, bar none.
China is exterminating Muslims or neutering them so they will henceforth produce no future Muslims.
Mari Forever says
Very true
CogitoErgoSum says
Maybe the problem is not the U.N. but the religion of Islam. Naming a religion “Submission” and then lying about the name of the religion and saying it means “peace” when it is anything but peaceful makes people suspicious. Then, calling the Koran the unchangeable word of God and saying that God wants Muslims to fight everybody in the world until everyone, Muslim or not, submits to Islam just makes it worse. Most people tend not to trust liars and to fear people who want to fight all the time. Things are not going to change until Muslims stop lying and fighting to make people submit to Islam. But Islam would not be Islam and submission would not be submission if that were to happen – and calling good common sense Islamophobia doesn’t help either.
tim gallagher says
Spot on, CogitoErgoSum. The problem, the elephant in the room, is islam’s evil and murderously violent nature. If Muslims want to liked and not loathed by so many of us, who can see what a vile load of garbage islam contains, then they had better either change Islam’s disgusting content or ditch the evil ideology and join one of the more civilised and peaceful belief systems that exist. It amazes me how Muslims seem to think that they can get around murdering non-Muslim constantly in terrorist attacks and we non-Muslims won’t notice and won’t loathe the evil load of crap, islam, which inspires all this murderous behaviour. Long live islamophobia. There should be more of it as people wake up to islam’s nature. Hating islam is the only rational approach to such an evil ideology as islam, which is no better than Nazism. People don’t whinge and whine that Nazism is hated. And nor should they whinge about islam being hated. The hatred is well deserved.
Shema says
So true. It’s so unfortunate that evil propaganda about Islam has taken root. Gut reaction of so many is anybody speaking bad about Islam or Muslims is immediately an Islamophobe. Emotions matter. Those who have been taught that are inoculated against any Islam criticism.
Hopefully there is a breaking point.
gravenimage says
I’m not sure what you ae saying here, Shema. Most criticism of Islam is factual.
Jim says
The best way to combat Islamophobia is for Muslim authorities and elites, and ordinary Muslims to combat and prevent jihadi attacks on Jews, Christians, Hindus and all other groups that do not espouse Islam. Once they do that, there will be much less Islamophobia. So, Muslims against anti-Semitism and anti-Christianism would be good slogans for the effort of Islam to show its innocence. End all the Muslim antisemitic propaganda in school texts and media. Replace them with expressions of respect and goodwill and admonitions for Muslims to reject Jihad and stop the violence against the ideas and religious institutions of non-Muslims.
gravenimage says
So true. “Islamophobia” would not otherwise exist.
Shema says
As a result of the western Islamic propaganda, “Islam means peace” etc., People don’t listen to anyone who expresses any hatred or disagreement with Islam, Muslims, or teaching. Their gut reaction is they are automatically an islamophobe.
There is no thought on their part, they are brainwashed and dismiss it out of hand.
Shema says
Sorry this was meant to be a response to GI from my above comment
gravenimage says
Saudi Arabia claims UN’s counterterror structure is incapable of preventing ‘Islamophobia’
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Just bizarre. How is it the job of counterterrorism to prevent people’s concern that Islam is terroristic?
What they *really* want is for the UN to enable crushing of freedom of speech and enforcing of Islamic blasphemy laws.
mgoldberg says
Excuse me, but…..” the phenomenon of stereotyping of Muslims and has been instrumental in triggering a wave of terrorist attacks against Muslims based on Islamophobia, racism and xenophobia.”
What attacks are reported and where? The attacks by jihadists around the globe are daily and easily shown to be the result of Jihadist memes by many thousands of muslims. Why is this not demonstrated and shown to the body asserting the above false themes??
gravenimage says
+1
Shema says
Yeah I haven’t seen anything of the sort in comparison to islamic attacks on unbelievers. Basically every Hindu attack against Muslims is a response to their brutality and evil.
The worst thing that could ever happen to a peaceful Muslim family in the west is they move to a Christian neighborhood, community. Then they are looked upon strangely. People may give them dirty looks, maybe some weirdo yells “terrorists” at them.
The horror!
Meanwhile……
In a Muslim majority country, an unbeliever
Sheila says
Islamophobia is a hoax just like the other political phobias of the 21st century:
Homophobia
Xenophobia
Transphobia
Et Cetera
So is Political Correctness.
All invented to shut down dissent and shut up dissenters.
A “phobia” is an IRRATIONAL fear of something. It’s not Islamophobia if they really are trying to kill you.
Fitna says
Islamophobia is a neologism invented by the OIC which is as you pointed out, is designed to shut down inquiry into Islam and used as a bludgeon against its critics.
However Sheila, although ‘homophobia, transphobia, etc’ are misnomers, in fact they do describe a real social phenomena, which is the hatred towards the LGBT community.
Let’s not pretend that for centuries gay people were not hated, beaten, raped, jailed, killed by religious people for simply being gay, that incitement came entirely from religion, esp. Christianity and Islam.
Where did anyone get the idea that being gay is wrong or evil, except from hetero males who were repulsed by this act? But there isn’t any immoral about it if sex occurs between two consenting adults. Then ofc they codified this hatred by putting it into their “holy books” which they then claimed it came from and invisible creator of the universe.
It’s these same teachings that have become even more toxic in Islamic texts, that were based on the Torah and the Bible. The thing is that Christians became more sensible and civilized over time, which is why we’re no longer throwing gays into insane asylums, though the bigotry continues to persist.
Ofc the general population aren’t ‘afraid’ (have a phobia) of the LGBT community, but to this day there still exists hatred and prejudice against this minority group. For lack of a better term, this is why they came up with homophobia.
Xenophobia is a real problem as well, there is plenty of hatred (racism) towards minorities and PoC, not to mention against white people also-but ofc that’s improved a lot these past few decades due to the hard work of many people working to stamp out prejudice.
Unfortunately the Muslims decided to co-opt this well established terminology to shield Islam from legitimate investigation and criticism.
In time as people become more educated about Islam, they will see through this smokescreen and if all goes well we’ll unite together to defeat this last great evil on our planet.
It’s us versus them, either Civilization will prevail, or Barbarism will conquer the world and plunge humanity into the Dark Ages forever.
Andrew Blackadder says
Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner…. Christianity.
Hate the Sin, Kill the Sinner….islam.
Wee bit of a difference there eh?.
Shema says
I don’t care what you say,
arachnophobia is real, and not IRRATIONAL!
They are Gross.
Sheila says
I agree. But arachnophobia is legitimate.
gravenimage says
Actually, most spiders are quite beneficial to people. Being afraid of spiders like the Brown Recluse is rational; being scared of arachnids in general is not.
And I say this as someone with Acrophobia–fear of heights. Now, fear of heights under certain circumstance *is* rational–if, say, you are falling off the side of a steep cliff without a harness. But in other cases it can be irrational. My case–very common–veers slightly into the phobia category. I’d have a bit to overcome if I decide to take up rock climbing.
But concern over the threat of Islam is perfectly rational.
Devasur says
Terrorist attacks don’t have religion when it is done by Muslims but have religion if it is done by non muslims. The hypocrisy of Islamic countries has no limits.
Jerryy says
A phobia is an irrational and baseless fear.
The fear that Muslims and Islamists will continue with their fourteen centuries of unceasing relentless campaign of violence, atrocities and genocide against all non-Muslims and non-conforming Muslims is not a phobia but a fear of a clear and present existential danger.
Andrew Blackadder says
If this dude stands up in front of the UN and demands that we should not say anything to hurt his wee feeeelings about his Fascist Religious Cult and we must start to love them and he is speaking on behalf of all muslims then perhaps while he is opening his mouth he could ask for forgiveness for all the evil his faith has done around the entire world starting with the current violence in West Africa or would that be oh so islamowhatsit for me to suggest.
Decades ago some wee islamic cleric came to the UN and demanded an International Law to make criticism of islam illegal in every country in the World… It was shot down, however that was when the OPIC Nations didnt have the power they have now within the UN.
The Jewish people have endured criticism and slaughter for centuries but Ive yet to encounter any rabbi going to the UN and demanding that it be stopped…I guess wee muslims are just way too shallow in their faith that makes them want to kill me because I call them out on their garbage religious beliefs.
RP says
This Mullah should address How Muslims have fired bombed the Sikh Temple and killed few Sikhs just few days back in Afghanistan and same happening in Pakistan and Bangladesh .
OLD GUY says
Islamophobic the silencing of the truth. Saudi Arabia is correct you can’t hide the truth it will always come out.
James Lincoln says
My question to (OIC) Group to the UN Advisor Muhammad Al-Ateeq:
If there is a thing such as “islamophobia”, what is its root cause?