.... It has become the new acceptable form of racism – far outstripping in opinion polls the level of hatred for any other religious or racial group, and embraced by those who delude themselves that anti-Muslim bigotry has nothing to do with ethnicity – and even represents some sort of defence of liberal values.
For those who failed to deliver decent jobs, wages and housing, and encouraged employers to profit from low-wage migrant labour, how much easier to scapegoat minority Muslim communities than deal with the banks and corporate free-for-all that triggered the crisis?
[A COMMENT] It has long suited the extremist left to use this weasel term "Islamaphobia" to lump together everyone concerned about the growing presence and influence of Islam in Europe and the West in general, as if everyone had the same objections to Islam. In fact, there are many different reasons why so many are worried by Islam. [Guardian Cif] Read more
