Islamophobic

islamophobic English Alternative forms en islamophobic Islamaphobic misspelling Etymology en :af Islamo- -phobic 1 + Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Islamophobic.wav US Adjective Having a fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims. en anti-Muslim Muslimophobic en Islamophilic en Christianophobic Judeophobic en Tom Perkins ‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/17/hamtramck-michigan-muslim-council-lgbtq-pride-flags-banned 2023-06-17 They viewed the power shift and diversity as a symbolic but meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric that was a central theme of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign. https://web.archive.org/web/20230810124130/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/17/hamtramck-michigan-muslim-council-lgbtq-pride-flags-banned Usage notes This term is generally used to describe discrimination against Muslims and Islam on the basis of fear, misunderstanding, ignorance or political bias. However, it is sometimes abused by Islamists and extreme Muslims, who claim that opposition to their beliefs is also opposition against Islam in general. Derived terms en anti-Islamophobic Islamophobically Related terms en Islamophobe Islamophobia Islamosceptic Translations Islamophobic French: fr islamophobe German: de islamfeindlich, de islamophob Italian: it islamofobico Portuguese: pt islamofóbico Spanish: es islamofóbico Swedish: sv islamofob References OED (online) 2007 en Islam Islamism Islamophobia