I've said this about a million times. That there's a big difference between criticising an idea — a religion, for example — and criticising a people, Muslims, for example.
One is a right the other is bigoted.
This article below is a good argument for the case of "let's not say 'Islamophobia'". Let's say instead "anti-Muslim bigotry". And accept the fact that we can criticise Islam just as we can criticise Christianity, communism and carnivorism.
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As Pascal Bruckerner aptly states, "the word 'Islamophobia' amalgamates two very different concepts: the persecution of believers, which is a crime; and the critique of religion, which is a right." The word makes people believe that disliking Islam and disliking Muslims are both wrong.There is all the difference in the world between disliking Islam and hating Muslims and wanting to kill them. Hatred of Muslims is always wrong, but it is not wrong to be opposed to Islam as a political force in society. Political Islam — through the implementation of sharia law — is incompatible with Western values and freedoms.
