Muslim Xenophobia

 Let's first establish what a phobia is.  It's an unreasonable fear of something or other.  If I see a man walking a large dog.  I have little fear.  But should the dog turn and look at me and then begin to growl and pull at the leash.  I now do begin to experience fear.  Such fear is not unreasonable.  It is not phobic.

However, a lady sitting in the park with a small lap dog and smiling as small children walk by, should not arose fear.  Nevertheless, people phobic regarding dogs might well begin to show signs of panic at the sight of the dog.

Bigots who hate Blacks or Jews are not phobic.  They're bigoted and may be described as racist or or anti-Semitic,

So what's an Islamophobe?  Is it someone with an unreasonable fear of Muslims?  That's not what I see.  Is it someone who finds Muslims occasionally disagreeable?  Yes, such people do exist?  But they don't shudder in fear.  They may dislike Muslims, as racists dislike Backs.  But that's not being phobic.  That's being anti-Islamic.

So why do Islamic groups like CAIR (Committee on American Islamic Relations) hurl this word against those who have a problem with certain aspects of Islam found among some Muslims but happily not among all Muslims.

Muslims who toss about the word, Islamophobia, generally are guided by the same hatred that guides the Muslim Brotherhood, the group that assassinated Anwar Sadat and murdered Israeli athletes in Munich.  Happily such Muslims don't represent all of Islam.  They can, however, be found among  Palestinians and organizations that represent them here in America.  Happily it's not universal among Muslims.

Thankfully, the Abraham Accords ended the belief that all Muslims and Muslim nations are lined up with the Muslim Brotherhood.  True, there are parts of the world world where a hatred of Christians and Jews persists.  Fortunately this hatred is not carried by all Muslims.