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'''Islamophobia Watch''' is a website initiated in January 2005 as a [[non-profit]] project to document material in the [[public domain]] which, according to Islamophobia watch, advocates fear and hatred of Muslims around the world and [[Islam]] as a religion. |
'''Islamophobia Watch''' is a website initiated in January 2005 as a [[non-profit]] project to document material in the [[public domain]] which, according to Islamophobia watch, advocates fear and hatred of Muslims around the world and [[Islam]] as a religion. |
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Islamophobia Watch is a website initiated in January 2005 as a non-profit project to document material in the public domain which, according to Islamophobia watch, advocates fear and hatred of Muslims around the world and Islam as a religion.
According to Islamophobia Watch:
Islamophobia Watch has been founded with a determination not to allow the racist ideology of Western Imperialism to gain common currency in its demonisation of Islam. Islamophobia, as a racist tool of Western Imperialism, is strongly advocated by the political right but has also found an echo in the left, particularly sections of the left in France and the countries that make up the United Kingdom. Islamophobia Watch will regularly report opinion columns and news items which match the editorial brief of the website, both articles that we believe advocate Islamophobia and those writers and organisations taking a stand against Islamophobia. [1]
Criticism
Johann Hari, a journalist for The Independent, has criticised the use of the term Islamophobia by Islamophobia Watch to attack him and others. He writes: "If Muslim women and Muslim gays are going to have any kind of decent life, the [muslim] liberals need to receive solidarity and support – but slap-dash charges of Islamophobia intimidate people who could offer it" ... "While Islamophobia Watch talk about defending Muslims, they end up defending the nastiest and most right-wing part of the Muslim community – the ones who are oppressing and killing the rest."[1]
References
- ^ Don't call me an Islamophobe , Johann Hari, June 6, 2006
External links
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