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definitions: racism, islamophobia, anti-semitism, and sexism
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Aziz Poonawalla
My friend Razib poses an interesting question at Talk Islam asking for people’s definitions of these four terms. Here are mine: racism – bias pr prejudice towards an ethnic group. anti-semitism – hatred towards Jews (or culturally affiliated persons therof) islamophobia – fear of muslims and islam sexism – indulgence in gender stereotypes It should…
Gaza and anti-semitism
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Aziz Poonawalla
I am frustrated, because in the past few weeks I’ve received various email forwards from many people I respect that are laden with anger and frustration at Israel’s campaign of collective punishment in Gaza. These are intelligent, tolerant people – mostly muslim, but also christian, hindu and atheist – who have never been tainted by…
anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
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Aziz Poonawalla
Sumbul Ali-Karamali, author of the book The Muslim Next Door, writes of an encounter with someone who subscribes to the fallacy that Islam and muslims are inherently anti-Semitic: I recently spoke on Islam and my new book at a local senior center. As members trickled in, a white-haired man approached me and announced, “I have…
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