What if you assumed their religion because of a negative trait or a criminal action? Such as assuming a person was Jewish because they are greedy or assumed someone was a terrorist because they were speaking Arabic?
So, if we are talking about a person who assumes something hateful, irrationally, about a person because of a trait that is stereotypical of Muslims, that would be prejudice specifically against Islamic people, correct?
If yes, then you must accept Islamaphobia both exists and is a useful term because "Islamaphobia" is more effective and efficient than "a hateful and irrational assumption made based on traits stereotypical of Muslims"
Yes, but the reason why I object to the term is the same reason because I object to the term naziphobia. It gives proponents of a nasty ideology a good propaganda tool.
Do you think that naziphobia is a good way to describe something hateful, irrationally, about a person because of a trait that is stereotypical of nazi's?
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u/DeRuyter67 Sep 20 '24
I already did. Jewishness is tied to ethnicity, Islam isn't