Islamophobia - "a nonsence term" for a frightening reality

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Islamophobia is a fear, prejudice and hatred of Muslims that leads to provocation, hostility and intolerance by means of threatening, harassment, abuse, incitement and intimidation of Muslims and non-Muslims (United Nations n.d.)

Islamophobia .... is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness (All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims, November 2018)

Islamophobia is a nonsense word (New Culture Forum 2026)

Content

1. Non-word
2. Bondi Beach 2025
3. Jihad & deception
4. Illogical logic
5. A conversation 
6. References

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John Cleese: Any criticism of Islam is labelled Islamophobia. A better word would be Islamosceptic. A difference of opinion is not a phobia, except in the minds of the paranoid. (X: 1 February 2026)

1. A non-word

The term Islamophobia, as applied throughout the Western world during the new millennium in regards to any and all criticisms of Islam, is a non-sequitur, a "nonsense term", or a word which is inherently incorrect in what it seeks to describe (New Culture Forum 2026). A phobia is an irrational, unrealistic, persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation (Wikipedia 2026). Any in-depth reading by an individual Muslim or Infidel (non-Muslim) of the Qur'an - the key foundational document of Islam - will instill fear in that person - fear for their individual well-being, and fear for their nation and all those around them. Fear is undoubtedly the most common term used throughout the Qur'an, primarily in instilling fear of God / Allah in the lives of those who submit to the teachings, i.e. Muslims; fear of death or domination by those who refuse to submit, or who otherwise follow another spiritual belief such as Christians, or none; and even fear of women and children as noted in specific surah (verses of the Qur'an).

This statement is not made lightly, due to the fact that any criticism of Islam is usually met with a threatening response, an accusation of Islamophobia, and ultimately discriminatory treatment such as physical attacks and the issuing of a personal fatwa, which is a world-wide demand by an Islamic authority such as an Ayatollah that individuals amongst the 2 billion Muslims on the planet must carry out a death sentence on the person to whom the fatwa is directed.

The true violent nature which lies at the core of Islam and the Qur'anis described very clearly in the following interview with the son of the leader of Islamist organisation HAMAS (which has had control of Palestine since 2008). Mosad Hassan Yousef was raised as a Muslim but converted to Christianity. He well knows the content of the Qur'an and associated Hadith documents which supplement it and are part of Islamic canon, and has directly experienced the hatred and violence with in an everyday element of Islamic ideology.

Mosab Hassan Yousef just said what NO ONE is allowed to say about Islam, Stand Tall Israel, 13 January 2026, YouTube, duration: 12.58 minutes.

Efforts to present Islam as a "religion of peace" have proven largely successful in recent years. Yet they rest upon gross deception and lies, all of which are allowable under Islam if carried out in pursuit of the promotion of the ideology. For example, the Wikipedia definition of Islamophobia expands the basic definition of phobia to include racism and hatred of both Islam and Muslims, thereby negating the true meaning:

Islamophobia is the irrational fear of, hostility towards, or hatred of the religion of Islam or Muslims in general. Islamophobia is characterised as a form of religious or cultural bigotry in which Muslims are stereotyped as a geopolitical threat or a source of terrorism. Muslims, with diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds on a worldwide scale, are often inaccurately portrayed by Islamophobes as a single homogeneous racial group. (Wikipedia 2026)

This expansion of the definition to include individual Muslims and present them as a specific "race" when they are not is a covert action on the part of those seeking to promote Islam. In the process it casts an unreal positive light upon it. That light is the result of Taqiyya, the Islamic tern for deception. It also "cancels" those who notice an obvious problem with the word Islamophobia and its evolving usage as a catch-all for negative actions and statements towards Islam and its followers, even though those actions and statements are truthful and reasonable. The problematic nature of the term Islamophobia in regards to reflecting intellectual truth and practical reality is outlined in the following presentation on the British government's confused attempts to introduce it into law:

New Islamophobia definition a 'gift' to Islamists and could silence ANY criticism of Islam, The New Culture Forum, 17 January 2026, YouTube, duration: 7.46 minutes.

The narrator in this video points out that Islamophobia is not a term which can be applied to racism as there is no specific race attached to Islam amongst its two billion adherents. The same restriction applies to Christianity and other international spiritual beliefs and ideologies. Any criticism of them is not racist.

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2. Bondi Beach 2025

The issue around the word Islamophobia and efforts by government and authorities to mask the truth and reality if Islam was highlighted in Australia following the Bondi Beach massacre of 14 December 2025. Therein, two local ISIS (Islamic State) terrorist Muslim men killed and maimed more than fifty people in a jihadist attack on ordinary Australians and Jewish people. The immediately prior, and subsequent failure by the government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to directly address the cause of the incident, namely Islamic ideology, and defer from any mention of Islamic terrorism, came to a head with the release of draft Hate Speech laws in January 2026. Some of the criticism of them is seen in the following video from the conservative, right-wing Sky News channel and an interview with a senior member of the Australian parliament:

Prime Minister Albanese is clueless with new hate laws, Sky News Australia, 15 January 2026, YouTube, duration: 5.19 minutes.

Within the video Mr Littleproud asserted that the horrific events at Bondi Beach instilled fear in all Australians. It was cited as Australia's 9/11. The root cause of the massacre being Islamic ideology once again pointed to the fact that Islamophobia is not a term that should be applied to any rational and very real fear of Islam and its teachings, whether they be called orthodox or radical. Neither should it be applied to individual Muslims. A specific term such as Muslimophobia would prove more appropriate if, in fact, it were to be specifically related to an irrational fear of Muslims, specifically the vast majority of them who do not practice jihad and the more hateful and abhorrent elements of the ideology, such as mysogeny, paedophilia, physical abuse of women and children, and hatred of non-Muslims.

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3. Jihad & deception

One of the major problems facing the word Islamophobia in regards to Islam is the fact that there is so much positive spin applied to it, by both Muslims and non-Muslims with vested interests, that most people either know nothing about it; look positively towards it as a "religion of peace"; or fear only the so-called "radical Islam" and jihadist based terrorism, which is erroneously presented as nothing to do with "normal" or orthodox Islam (Easat-Dass 2019). Whatever the label attached, Islam is at its very core radical, especially when compared to Western civilization mores and values. The two are not compatible.

Those individuals who freely use the term Islamophobia in attacking individuals either know exactly what the truth is, or have not read the Qur'an and do not realise that, as pointed out by Mosab Hassan Yousef above, it is an incredibly dangerous and fear-inducing book from which Islam and Shariah law arises (Yousef 2026). As such, any fear of Islam is by its very nature reasonable and, in fact, demanded by Islam as one of its core beliefs. Fortunately, social media is helping people to understand both the history of Islamic conquest since 622AD and the truth around Islamic ideology - an ideology which naturally leads to a questioning as to whether the term "religion" should be applied to it at all. Islam is closer to a tribal-based ideology and a cult than a universal spiritual belief. As one academic Muslim recently stated, Islam is 10% religion and 90% political ideology.

The fact is, of its two billion adherents, the vast majority of Muslims do not actually adhere to the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an. They try to ignore its more hideous teachings and focus on any spiritual elements. However, when a fatwa is issued, the victim is not able to tell whether the Muslims around him/her are going to carry it out and kill them or not, and basically none amongst the 2 billion Muslims is ready to publically denounce the issuing of the fatwa. Why? From fear of themselves being harmed. With Islamic leadership not denouncing the fatwa instrument, and Western leaders usually too afraid to do so, the fear of Islam is real and seen internationally. Therefore Islamophobia does not exist.

What does exist is rational fear of Islam, and what can arise out of that is a hatred of individual Muslims. This latter element is a problem which should be addressed, just as the hateful, violent and discriminatory aspects of Islamic ideology should be addressed and removed. It is wrong to have a fear of those innocent Muslims who do not believe in, or adhere to its abhorrent elements. However, there is no way to identify those individuals as they are usually fearful of speaking out for fear of being murdered as apostates as part of jihad ideology. The historian Raymond Ibrahim has written on, and spoken to, this issue of Islam and real fear.

Islamophobia exposed: Doctrine and history prove the fear isn't irrational, Raymond Ibrahim, 18 October 2025, YouTube, duration: 113.22 minutes.

Islamophobia is a nonsense, inappropriate word, for there is much within Islamic ideology to fear, and such fear is reasonable and rational; it is not unreasonable or irrational. However, to have a fear of each and every Muslim is not reasonable or rational, unless, of course, you are the subject of a fatwa or the victim of Muslim extremism. Government and societies therefore need to address the unreasonable fear of Muslims in general, as it must for any other group, but they also need to call out and deal with those aspects of Islam which rightly induce fear. For example, to fear Nazis is reasonable and, as a result, laws and actions should be, and are, rightly taken to address this. Once again, this is not a racism issue, nor is Islam an issue of racism. Anti-semitism is a racism issue, because it directly applies to the Jewish race. Just as opposition to Catholicism, Buddhism, Jainism, Mormonism and similar spiritual practises is not a racism issue. It is a religious freedom issue, if indeed it is purely dealing with belief systems and not, as in the case of Islam and other cults, dealing with actual ideologies which do harm to people and spread hatred and violence, or specific aspects of religions which support such fear-inducing and objectionable practices and behaviours. Islam supports mysogeny, paedophilia, racism, sexism, cruelty to animals, discrimination and violence in the name of revenge and against innocent people, all of whom come under the banner of Infidels. These behaviours and activities are all considered unacceptable in Western and other non-Muslim societies.

Seeking to protect Islam because it is classified as a religion, and ignore all the objectionable elements which one would more commonly associate with a cult, is the problem facing Western societies and governments. It is clear that Islam is not aligned with Western values, and is actually actively and openly opposed to them. As such, Islam requires reformation to enable and ensure its sustainable alignment with the West and other non-Islamic countries and nation states. As the stated role of Islam is a world-wide caliphate of Islamic states operating under Shariah law, there is little if no likelihood of any such genuine reformation taking place in the near future. As a result, Islam must be dealt with in a similar manner to that with which it has been dealt with by nations, groups, and individuals over the past fourteen centuries, namely through the implementation of reactive and proactive defensive measures and military actions where needed. History reveals numerous examples of wars, pogroms and other actions taken to defend against Islamic incursions and to ensure that they are not repeated, with the 11th to 13th century Christian Crusades the most famous (Ibrahim 2018). Such is the case around the world as this is written, with countries in Europe such as Hungary and Poland, and in Asia such as Myanmar (Burma) and China actively engaged in dealing with the problem of Islamic incursions, both societal and territorial, through proactive prohibition.

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Words associated with "Islamophobia" (Asadi, 2023)

4. Illogical logic

On the cover of his book The ill-Logic of Islamophobia, Zane K. Asadi includes an outline of a mosque, within which are seventy-eight words associated with Islamophobia. The image is useful as it highlights the very facts surrounding the argument put above, namely that there exists a rational fear of Islam and the items listed are manifestations of that fear and of things to be rightly feared. Asadi's book presents the opposite case, and argues that any fear is illogical. Yet, as the descriptions below show, the fear is anything but illogical. This list of the words included in that image reveal their relevance to the current discussion around the increasing fear of Islam amongst Western societies.

1. Adhan ban - this is a ban on the public, and very loud, call to prayer blasted out of minaret-mounted public speakers five times a day from Islamic mosques. It is banned in many countries. Its recent introduction to the streets of New York, following the 2025 election of the Communist and Muslim Zohran Mamdani to the position of Lord Mayor, is an example of its inappropriate and intrusive nature in the West.
2. Anit-Shariah laws - Shariah is the antithesis of Western democratic law. It is the very essence of Islam and a legal manifestation of all the elements of Islamic ideology as found in the Qur'an and Hadith. It is truly horrific in parts.
3. Apostasy - this is related to the process whereby any Muslim who rejects Islam (an apostate) is then subject to murder for that act, if they live in an Islamic state. This is viewed as acceptible within Islam; outside of Islam it is universally rejected as antithetical to the belief in freedom of religion and religious belief.
4. Autocracy - Islam abhors democracy and prefers the maintenance of power over society by individual male clerics such as Ayatollah, implemented though Shariah law based on the Qur'an as the legal law of the land and the primary political ideology.
5. Barbarity - the treatment of Infidels, and of individual Muslims, most especially women, if often through the use of brutal force and threats of murder, torture, imprisonment, slavery, rape, limb removal and psychological abuse, all in the name of Allah and supported through the concept of jihad, which offers a pathway to heaven / pleasure gardens and eternal, carnal, delight.
6. Blasphemy - a term often applied to any and all criticism of Islam and included within the tenets of the catch all Islamophobia. Blasphemy, such as displaying images of Muhammad, can result in death.
7. Brainwashed - the indoctrination of children and Muslims through the mandatory teaching of the Qur'an and Hadith texts and imposition through Shariah law can be seen as a form of brainwashing, as similar actions apply to any other religion, ideology or enforced behaviours. This term, however, is very much a negative one and the antithesis of what is considered normal, open, free education. The example of the Taliban in Afghanistan banning the education of women is evidence of this brainwashing nature of Islam when it is applied both normally and in such an extreme manner.
8. Burqa - the enforced full body covering of women is an element of the extreme misogynistic nature and teachings of Islam which results in real harm to girls and women.
9. Burqa ban - this has occurred around the world, in both Muslim and non-Muslim countries. It is connected not only with security issues wherein the face of an individual is covered, but also the rights of women and the inherent mysogeny of Islamic practice. Full body coverings are physically and psychologically harmful to women.
10. Censorship - Islam opposes free speech and used censorship to maintain this restriction on knowledge acquisition, thought and action.
11. Circumcision - this is practiced on both males and females. The latter is considered abhorrent.
12. Collective guilt - this is the result of the claims of Islamophobia and other negative actions taken by Muslims towards Infidels who are critical of, or oppose, Islam. Within the West, a collective guilt about all manner of things, plays into the hands of Islamists who use it to get the Left onside and thereby use them to both protect and promote Islam in the lead up to the take over of individual societies and nation states.
13. Cologne attacks - an example of the brutal reaction of Islam to criticism, whereby innocent people were killed for criticising aspects of the teachings and work of Muhammad.
14. Colonialism - a criticism of the West, which denies the brutal invasions by Islamic forces as the driver for actions by non-Muslim countries to both protect and defend non-Muslim societies.
15. Conspiracies - often found to be true in regards to actions arising out of Islamic ideology and practice.
16. Cult - Islam is a cult, in that it prescribes the everyday activities of an adherent, demands strict obedience to a leader and an ideology, and does not simply adhere to spiritual practice and belief as exercised by free will. Young children are regularly beaten if they do not follow the strict rules and teaching of Islam during their youth and education.
17. Dhimmi - non-Muslims living in an Islamic state.
18. Ethnic homogenization
19. Extremism - a term often applied to actions arising out of the implementation of orthodox Islamic ideology.
20. Fatwa - the calling for the murder of individuals over issues of perceived blasphemy against Islam and figures such as Mohammad.
21. FBI - refers to statements and actions by the FBI in regards to the relationship between Islam and terrorism.
22. Female genital mutilation FGM - this is an horrific practice, and a widespread Muslim practice, not specifically mentioned in the Qur'an but in other accepted Islamic documents.
23. Fiqh - the operation of Sharia law, which is the precise teachings of the Qur'an and Hadith.
24. Foreign language - this refers to the failure by immigrant Muslims to learn the language of the country they have migrated to, and thus remain isolated from the culture of that country and its people.
25. Foreign trained Imans - Islamist teachers receiving training which as deemed extreme and at odds with the Western and other cultures and countries in which the Imans are operating.
26. Free speech - Islam opposes free speech
27. Gender inequality - this is related to the Qur'an statements that woman are less than men.
28. Ground zero - refers to the Islamic attacks on the Twin Towers of 9/11
29. Hadd
30. Halal meat ban
31. Hate crime
32. Hatred
33. High fertility - this refers to the forced marriage of women at a young age, the promotion of polygamy so that men have four wives, and the high fertility rates which are part of the aim of Islam to overrun non-Muslim societies and eventually transform them into Islamic states operating under Sharia law. This is a real threat due to the low birthrates amongst Western and Asian societies.
34. Hijab
35. Homophobia
36. Honor killing
37. If you're not happy, leave - A statement often made to Muslims as a result of their hatred of non-Muslims in countries they have immigrated to. It reflects the failure of Muslims to assimilate into countries they have migrated to.
38. Intersectionalism
39. Intolerance - Islam professes and intolerance for all non-Muslims and their behaviours / way of life
40. Irrational
41. ISIS - the Islamic State terrorist organisation which is responsible for numerous killings and atrocities against both Muslims and non-Muslims.
42. Jihad - the ideology of Islamic warfare against non-Muslims and opponents of Islam. It can take numerous forms, being both covert and overt.
43. Jihad Jane
44. Jizya - a forced payment by Islamic authorities on those non-Muslims who live in Islamic states or under Islamic control
45. Laicite - the French principle of religious neutrality in public spaces, which in recent years has been interpreted as targeting Islam.
46. Liberalism - a Western philosophy which emphasizes compassion and seeks to accommodate all aspects of Islam, despite the inherent conflict with Liberalism's basic ideology of peace, love and compassion.
47. Love jihad
48. Madrasa
49. Minaret ban - this is connected with the public and loud call to prayer which is blasted out of Mosque minarets in Islamic states and areas where there are prominent populations. This is viewed as nothing less than noise pollution, negatively impacting upon non-Muslims.
50. Miscegenation
51. Mosque
52. Niqab
53. No-go zone - this refers to the area created by Muslims to exclude non-Muslims, especially amongst refugee and immigrant communities. If one enters such as no-go zone they can be greeted with verbal abuse and physical abuse such as stoning.
54. Pedophilia
55. Poisoned skittles
56. Polygamy
57. Problem population - this is a general term for those enclaves of Muslims who fail to integrate into non-Muslim societies outside of Islamic states
58. Punishments - For example, throwing gay men off roof tops; killing young women for not wearing head or body coverings, or seeing to have relationships with non-Muslim men and not being told who to marry and when; killing apostates; beating women; raping women and charging them with sexual perversion. The punishment meted out within Islam are often brutal and endless.
59. Qur'an - the core document in Islam. It is a fear-inducing document and calls for much brutality and discrimination against others, especially non-Muslims.
60. Racial profile - efforts have been made to racially profile Muslims. However, this is impossible as they come from a diverse mix of racial backgrounds.
61. Racialization - the action of applying racial profiles and racism to the issue of Islam and Muslim activity.
62. Racism - this does not apply to Islam as it does not involve a specific race, unless one is equating Arabs with every Muslim, which is illogical and cannot be done.
63. Rapefugee - rape of women by Muslim refugees, as most recently seen in the British Isles and Europe. These often involve groups of men against young women. In many cases the truth about the extent of these attacks, and who is carrying them out, has been censored by authorities who fear being accused of Islamophobia! In Great Britain Pakistani men have been the main culprits in this over the last three decades.
64. Secularism
65. Sharia - the Islam law as derived from the Qur'an and Hadith.
66. Shariah Court - a court which implements Sharia law. It can operate nationally, as in Islamic states, or locally, as in non-Islamic states such as England and Canada. Sharia is the antithesis of normal, democratic legal systems and is therefore usually banned in non-Islamic countries. It therefore often operates covertly.
67. Sheikh
68. Sports - Islam does not allow co-ed participation in some sports and does not allow men to watch women compete in certain sports, in order to close doors to seduction. Islamic headwear is banned in some sports.
69. Takfiri - an action by Muslims against fellow Muslims to justify violence against those they see as non-believers.
70. Taqiyya - deception and lying in the name of Islam.
71. Terrorism - practiced as part of Islamic jihad, against Infidels and other Muslims.
72. Unreformed - this refers to the fact that Islam has not changed since it was first preached by Mohammad in 622AD. It has never reformed and removed the more barbaric elements of its teachings, which are totally inappropriate in the modern day.
73. Violence - this is an important tool of Islam, aiming to instil fear and obedience amongst Muslim populations and those Infidels who encounter Islam.
74. War - Islam has been engaged in a war with non-Muslims and fellow Muslims since the time of Muhammad in 622AD. The war has been brutal and both covert and overt, often in the form of terrorism and the killing of innocent people.
75. Welfare - concerns for the welfare of Muslims are expressed outside of Islamic states, and these are very genuine. See, for example, the treatment of protestors in Iran during 2025-26, with thousands brutally killed, tortured, rapes and imprisioned by the Islamic regime.
76. White fragility - this likely refers to the presence of compassion amongst "white" Western civilisation, and the fact that it is at odds with the harsh brutality promoted by and within Islam from the Qur'an and Hadith texts.
77. Wife beating - this as specifically allowed as per the statement in the Qur'an.
78. Xenophobia

As can be seen from this list, there is much to fear in regard to Islam.

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5. A conversation

Accuser: "You're an Islamophobe!!!

Respondent: "No I'm not. I'm just a normal person with a very real and rational fear of Islam."

Accuser: "But that's hate speech!"

Respondent: "No it's not. It's just my personal opinion, based upon my research.

Accuser: "But you're trying to turn me against Islam!"

Respondent: "No I'm not. You are free to believe and think any way you want.

By presenting facts relating to Islam I am not spreading hate. I am simply spreading factual information.

Take from that what you will.

If your response is fear of Islam, then that is entirely up to you to deal with, as is any other personal response you may have to this or any other information."

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6. References

Arias, Lynn, Spanish priest acquitted in legal battle over criticism of Islam, Persecution.org : International Christian Concern, 24 October 2024.

Asadi, Zane K., The ill-Logic of Islamophobia: How stereotypes of Muslims foment hatred, fuel extremism on all sides, and endanger all, Tahrike Tarsile Quran, 2023.

Bob from Speakers' Corner on Islamophobia, 23 January 2026, YouTube, duration: 0.35 minutes.

Davenport, Tony, Spanish priest faces jail over Islam views, Vision Christian Media, 16 October 2025.

Easat-Dass, Amina, How to tackle Islamophobia: The best strategies from around Europe, SBS Australia, 22 February 2019.

Ibrahim, Raymond, Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen centuries of war between Islam and the West, Grand Central Publishing, 2018, 352p.

-----, Islamophobia exposed: Doctrine and history prove the fear isn't irrational, Raymond Ibrahim, 18 October 2025, YouTube, duration: 113.22 minutes.

Gad Saad Just Dropped A TRUTH-BOMB on Islam That Many Will NEVER Admit!, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, 14 January 2026, YouTube, duration: 22.23 minutes.

Lean, Nathan, The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right manufactures fear of Islam, Pluto Press, 2012, 240p.

New Islamophobia definition a 'gift' to to Islamists and could silence ANY criticism of Islam, The New Culture Forum, 17 January 2026, YouTube, duration: 7.46 minutes.

PM is clueless with new hate laws, Sky News Australia, 15 January 2026, YouTube, duration: 5.19 minutes.

United Nations, What is Islamophobia?, International Day to combat Islamophobia, 15 March, United Nations, no date.

Wikipedia, Islamophobia, Wikipedia, accessed 18 January 2026.

-----, Phobia, Wikipedia, accessed 29 January 2026.

Yousef, Mosab Hassan, Mosab Hassan Yousef just said what NO ONE is allowed to say about Islam, Stand Tall Israel, 13 January 2026, YouTube, duration: 12.58 minutes.

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Islam | 7 October 2023 | Alaa & Randa Fattah | Ashin Wirathu - Buddhist Monk | Battle of Broken Hill 1915 | Charles III and Islam | Francesca & Anthony Albanese | Hate speech laws 2006 | Ilhan Omar | Islamophobia | Justine Damon killing | Life of Muhammad | Muslim Brotherhood in Australia | Pauline & the burqa | Politics | Qur'an quotes | Rational fear of Islam | References | Zorhan Mamdani |

Last updated: 29 January 2026

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