Definitions

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  • adjective Having a fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims.

Etymologies

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Islamo- + -phobic or Islam + -o- +‎ -phobic.

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Examples

  • The following is a debate between David Horowitz and Daniel Luban reprinted from essay in Tablet Magazine last week finding resonances between what he called Islamophobic opposition to the Park51 Islamic center and past anti-Semitism, one comment on the piece jumped out at us.

    David Horowitz Freedom Center 2010

  • When Daniel Luban published an essay in Tablet Magazine last week finding resonances between what he called Islamophobic opposition to the Park51 Islamic center and past anti-Semitism, one comment on the piece jumped out at us.

    David Horowitz Freedom Center 2010

  • And yet these same ignoramuses deem those who disagree with their point of view "Islamophobic" - but have no such pretensions when describing the peaceful acts of other faiths.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Isn't it "Islamophobic" - in Obama's P.C. uni pansyverse - to consider a sincerely-believing Mohammedan to be

    Hot Air » Top Picks 2009

  • This understanding has also been impeded, of course, by politically-correct fears of offending Muslims or of appearing "Islamophobic" - a contemporary manipulative coinage intended to silence criticism of the jihadist imperative.

    Jihad Watch 2009

  • Bottom line: if we (the US administration, the Quartet, EU and the UN) are serious about peace, then we must be have the courage to hold everyone accountable to their actions, without fearing to be called Islamophobic or Anti-Semitic.

    Faisal J. Abbas: With 'Friends' Like Israel, Who Needs Enemies? 2010

  • He described as Islamophobic such statements as "Long live Israel!" and "Muslim fundamentalism is dangerous."

    'Islamophobia' or 'Truthophobia'? Matthias Küntzel 2008

  • He has been called Islamophobic, but says "Islamismophobic" would be a better though still imperfect term.

    Quite a fellow, actually ... Frank Wilson 2007

  • Indeed, one cannot write about European trends in Islamist anti-gay intolerance without being called Islamophobic by gay leftists.

    unknown title 2009

  • Indeed, one cannot write about European trends in Islamist anti-gay intolerance without being called Islamophobic by gay leftists.

    Metro Weekly (Newspaper Magazine of Gay and Lesbian DC) 2009

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