Author Topic: Canadian Islamaphobia or Free Speech?  (Read 664 times)

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Offline SirJohn

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Re: Canadian Islamaphobia or Free Speech?
« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2017, 02:37:40 pm »
I think "Islamophobia" is a bit of a murky word.  Sometimes people use it to refer to blanket condemnation against Islam, while others use it to  refer to blanket condemnation against all Muslims.  That's a huge difference.  One is a set of ideas (a religion), and one is a group of people.  There should be nothing wrong with condemning a religion or ideology if you don't like it, but we shouldn't be using fear and hate to all people who follow it (even if it's ok to criticize those people).

But if you believe the ideology is wrong aren't those who follow it wrong? I've been posting on this subject for years. I normally write nothing about Muslims in Canada, as in what to do with them. I don't think that is an issue. We have freedom of religion, and people can do and wear and believe what they want. I don't wish to change that in order to put additional pressure on Muslims to reform.

That being said I believe that Islam is a dumb ideology, and I don't wish to see its adherents growing in number in Canada. I can see no logical reason why we continue to import tens of thousands of its followers every year given the economic and social arguments against doing so. Nevertheless, and despite making free use of statistics and evidence, people still refer to what I write as xenophobia and Islamophobia.
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