'Islamophobia' Silencing Muslims?

by Bruce Bawer
Frontpage Magazine
July 23, 2012

https://www.legal-project.org/2823/islamophobia-silencing-muslims

Excerpt:

In the wake of the incident of the "Allahu akbar"-shouting Olympic torch-snatcher in London, the headline on a July 8 article in the Guardian by a British Muslim journalist named Mehdi Hasan may seem, shall we say, a mite ironic: "We mustn't allow Muslims in public life to be silenced." The piece was a bid for pity. "Have you ever been called an Islamist?" it began. "How about a jihadist or a terrorist? Extremist, maybe? Welcome to my world….Every morning, I take a deep breath and then go online to discover what new insult or smear has been thrown in my direction….the abuse is as relentless as it is vicious." Hasan's claim is that this "abuse" – mostly by readers commenting online on his articles – is evidence of "Islamophobia" and is part and parcel of a widespread, insidious attempt to suppress the voices of Muslims in the public square.

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