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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
To be clear, though, it's obvious that there is such a thing as anti-muslim bigotry. The problem is that the term "Islamophobia" has become so confused that it now ties in actual anti-muslim bigotry (which in Canada, it seems to me, is largely a matter of xenophobia as Yamer suggests) and simply taking issue with specific doctrines in Islam and they way those doctrines are interpreted by certain adherents.
Thing is, nearly all of them(that is, those muslims espousing illiberal views based on religious doctrine) reside somewhere other than North America, which completely undercuts any sort of "purpose", as Yamer puts it, that might be served by xenophobia. Which I don't really know is legitimate to begin with.
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There are certainly irrational fears of Islam.
But that does not mean that all criticisms of the ideology are irrational. One does not follow from the other.
"Islamophobia" is a term designed designed to throw ideological criticism under the same tent as racism/bigotry. This is an obviously illogical position.
Xenophobia is obviously a pointless term for the discussion because it requires the position to be irrational. This is not always the case, either.
As for the bold-ed, you would be interested in various poll results for north american muslims.