30 August 2012

A word about "Islamophobia"

If you're paranoid that the mild-mannered Muslim family down the street are secret terrorists, or that a Department of State aide with a foreign-sounding name is a deep-cover mole for the Muslim Brotherhood, then "islamophobe" might be an appropriate label to affix to you.


On the other hand, if you're genuinely worried about the spread of a culture that advocates lynching an 11-year-old girl because she had a burnt piece of paper in her bag that may or may not have been from a Qur'an, I'd say you're a rational human being who is rightfully afraid of a truly horrible thing.
"This girl is guilty. If the state overrides the court, then God will get a person to do the job," said Raheem. 
If that kind of thought is viewed as a positive thing in your religion, consider me militantly intolerant of your beliefs.

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