Islamophobia

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Originally Posted by timmgirvan

I believe "phobic" connotes an irrational fear of.......so you're saying that people who don't understand Islam arent phobic per se, because if they understood it they'd be fearful of it.

Yes.

You are using one of two definitions for Phobia (you're using the clinical definition.) The 2nd definition is: Phobia = A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.


Reading the list above, wouldn't it be realistic that a non-Muslim reading about that belief system would have a natural dislike for Islam? Take, for instance,#6: "According to Islamic teachings, the earth is Allah’s. If there are parts of the earth not following Islamic law, it is the duty of the faithful to gain control of that land and establish Shari’a. It is a sin to let it be." Or, look at #9: "You can’t leave Islam once you’re in. This is a critical part of Shari’a law. Someone who has rejected Islam who was once a Muslim is an “apostate.” This is a crime and a sin, and the punishment for it is death (and eternal damnation in hell thereafter.") For instance, the guy who directed that Crash Film just left Scientology. In Islam, you could be killed for trying to leave that religion. Don't you remember they were gunna kill a person for doing this in Afghanistan? The Karzei Gov't heard we caught wind of it, and so they did something else (but they would have preferred to kill the person.)