The term “Islamophobia” is used for two distinct and unrelated phenomena: vigilante attacks on innocent Muslims, which are never justified, and honest analysis of the ways that jihadis use the texts and teachings of Islam to justify violence and make recruits among peaceful ones. The former are being used to shut down the latter.
“Erdogan calls for fight against Islamophobia like anti-Semitism,” Al Jazeera, March 22, 2019:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on the world to fight rising Islamophobia as they did against “anti-Semitism after the Holocaust”, following the attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand that killed 50 people.
“Just as humanity fought against anti-Semitism after the Holocaust disaster, it should fight against rising Islamophobia in the same determined fashion,” Erdogan told an emergency meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
In a speech at the meeting of Muslim foreign ministers in Istanbul, Erdogan also praised the sensitivity shown by the New Zealand government and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in the wake of the attack.
“The empathy and solidarity shown by Ardern towards Muslims should be an example for all world leaders,” he said….