Islamophobia

• Country: United States

Is ‘Islamophobia’ irrational?

“Phobos” is Greek for “fear.” In modern times, “phobia” has come to mean an irrational fear. Presumably a rational fear is based on a reasonable risk. Is arachnophobia (fear of spiders) irrational? There are nearly 54,000 species of spider, but only 1% are dangerous to us. So a general phobia of…

Council staff told Virgin Mary ‘wore a hijab’ in Islamophobia training

The training included claims about the Virgin Mary, the hijab and Jesus’s beard, while material also defended Sharia as a moral tradition