Definitions

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  • noun A person who fears or hates Islam or Muslims.

Etymologies

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Islamo- + -phobie or Islam + -o- +‎ -phobe.

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Examples

  • The use of the term "Islamophobe" is designed to both malign and silence critics of Islam.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2011

  • I object in the strongest terms to the way the insult "Islamophobe" is thrown around so casually.

    The Importance of Being Libelled 2009

  • Surely it is possible to be critical of Israel's foreign policy without being a "Jew Hater" just as one can be critical of Islam without being an "Islamophobe".

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • It would certainly make for an interesting case andendthe routine use of theinsult "Islamophobe" by Islamists against their opponents.

    The Importance of Being Libelled 2009

  • I first detected that something was up when Burny came out in solidarity with Mohamed Elmasry, the anti-Semitic president-for-life of the Canadian Islamic Congress, giving an intimate interview to the Toronto Star's resident anti-Israel pundit, Haroon Siddiqui, in which Burny accused anyone who criticized Elmasry's complaint against Maclean's of being an "Islamophobe".

    Bernie "Burny" Farber converts to Islam - Ezra Levant 2008

  • I first detected that something was up when Burny came out in solidarity with Mohamed Elmasry, the anti-Semitic president-for-life of the Canadian Islamic Congress, giving an intimate interview to the Toronto Star's resident anti-Israel pundit, Haroon Siddiqui, in which Burny accused anyone who criticized Elmasry's complaint against Maclean's of being an "Islamophobe".

    Ezra Levant: June 2008 Archives 2008

  • Tatchell - a Green Party member, gay rights activist and long time icon for many on the British left - was deemed to be a 'pro-imperialist' and an 'Islamophobe'.

    Free speech for fascists! Johnny Guitar 2008

  • Tatchell - a Green Party member, gay rights activist and long time icon for many on the British left - was deemed to be a 'pro-imperialist' and an 'Islamophobe'.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Johnny Guitar 2008

  • But here we are terrified of being tagged with the epithet of "Islamophobe" for suggesting greater urgency in uncovering the sleeper Islamist terrorists among us.

    Sound Politics: JihadWorld: Coming To A Nearby Theatre Soon? 2006

  • Look up all his articles about Islam... he is constantly being accused of being an 'Islamophobe' by the left!

    The True Face of Hamas 2007

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