Islam is an ideology. Rejection of an ideology cannot be classified as phobia. To call the opponents of an ideology phobic is a fallacy. All ideologies have their critics and opponents but we do not hear Christians calling the critics of Christianity Christianophobe, communists calling their critics communitophobe or Hindus calling theirs hinduphobe. The term "Islamophobia" is both technically and logically incorrect and misleading.   

According to Dictionary.com Phobia is “a persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.”  Therefore the neologism "Islamophobia" implies that Islam is not dangerous and the fear of it is irrational. 

This claim has not been established and it is not universally agreed upon. There are many who argue that Islam is indeed a dangerous ideology and they have their logical arguments to prove their claim. Irrespective of whether the critics of Islam are right or wrong about whether Islam is dangerous or not, calling them “phobic” implies that their criticism has been already refuted and the irrationality of their fear of Islamic threat has been established. Therefore their disagreement with Islam is not logical but a mental disorder.

All ideologies have their opponents. It is sheer arrogance to call criticism of any ideology, phobia. This implies that the truth of that ideology is already established and anyone opposing it is adopting an irrational position and is in need of psychological help.
The neologism Islamophobia makes absolutely no sense. It is derogatory and is used in a pejorative way to discredit the critics of Islam from the outset.   

Phobia is a disorder. Here is a short list of a few phobias: Achluophobia or Lygophobia (fear of darkness), Acrophobia, (fear of heights), Androphobia (fear of men), Aviatophobia (fear of flying), Chiraptophobia (fear of being touched), Claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces), Coitophobia (fear of coitus), Decidophobia (fear of making decisions),  Agrophobia or Demophobia (fear of crowds), Eleutherophobia (fear of freedom), Gynophobia (fear of women), Hadephobia (fear of hell -this is the phobia affecting all the Muslims), Hylophobia (fear of forests),  Insectophobia, (fear of insects), Isolophobia (fear of solitude, being alone), Necrophobia, (fear of death or dead things), Neophobia (fear of anything new), Phasmophobia, (fear of ghosts), Philophobia, (fear of falling in love or being in love), Xenophobia, (fear of strangers or foreigners), etc. (For more see this)

How can criticism of Islam fall into this category? These are all irrational fears that require therapy. Are Muslims suggesting that the critics of Islam should receive therapy? We can’t classify disagreement with Islam as phobia. Islam is an ideology. Phobia is irrational fear of things, people or situations but not beliefs. You can't be phobic of a belief system. Beliefs per se are not frightening. It's people who follow nefarious beliefs that become dangerous and frightening. As one can see, the very term "Islamophobia" is stupid because Islam is a belief system and it is not possible to be phobic of a belief. From whichever angle you look at Islam you find its stupidity glaring at you. 

http://www.faithfreedom.org/oped/sina60526.htm

Auggie wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 6:53pm:


So stating a fact makes you racist now? Do you deny that a lot of Muslims are retarded due to inbreeding? Do you think trying to sweep it under the carpet is going to help the problem? Do you like seeing little girls married off to their cousins to be raped and raise inbred, retarded jihadis? If they were any religion other than Islam, would you be trying this idiotic ploy of using the race card to defend them from facts?

If you know I never said those things in your OP, don't you think it was a little stupid to try to attribute them to me?

freediver wrote on Jun 13^th, 2018 at 6:11pm:


You have repeatedly accused Gandalf of lying or 'weaseling' his way of something, like the collective treacherous Jews.

You're very clever by saying: "Can you quote me saying any of those things?" I don't need to; I know what's in your heart and mind, and no matter how much you try to dress it up, you fundamentally believe each of those things above.

freediver wrote on Jun 13^th, 2018 at 8:23pm:


I'm not defending Islam. I couldn't give two hoots about Islam or any religion. I am defending against bigotry and slander.

Auggie wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 6:53pm:


So you have simply used the LW Prog fallacy to libel people.

Again, you’re missing the point. It’s the fact that you attempt to dehumanise other people that makes you a racist.