what is the reason for islamophobia?

[lightbulb247]

Yes, i understand recent years have not shown Islam in a good light, however other religion have and are doing bad things aswell, yet there is less hatred for these than there are for islam. Why?

Also people dont seem to understand the term "minority". Only a minority of muslims do bad things yet the whole religion is blamed. Again, why?

[lightbulb247]

might sound rude, but where was this place you worked?

[lightbulb247]

watch this all whose interested. What a series of events...

[lightbulb247]

[Sir Alec]

It was part of a service, quite rightly provided by a doctor's surgery that helped to investigate unlawful marriages within Islam. That is, children being removed from school and being taken to Pakistan to be married off to a cousin or old man, as seems to be the norm.
A woman who lived near me was 24, could not speak a word of English, but was married to a man of 74. She was terrified to leave the house. Do you think that this is appropriate?

[lightbulb247]

of course not, but than are you saying that this represents the whole of islam?

[jomifl]

Come off it sith, islam started spreading through sheep stealing and the slave trade, after all mohammed was a slave trader.

[lightbulb247]

slavery is a sin in islam, and muhammed set free slaves and banned it, yes, he was a trader, not a slave trader.

[Brenden]

In the same vein lightbulb, are you saying your video also represents the whole of Islam - do not think so.

[sandyRoe]

If a slave was treated fairly, not beaten too much and so on, their life might not be the worst one could imagine.

[Sir Alec]

More and more we see groups of Muslims grooming white girls for sex.
I spent 18 years in an area of Sheffield which is becoming more Muslim every day. It is near a maternity hospital after all.
I have been spat at, called white wh0re, white b1tch, white sl@g, by Muslims every day. I am not allowed in their shops, they are allowed in white shops. Double standards and racism.
I am sick to death of the fact that I cannot turn on the television or radio, nor read a newspaper that doesn't have something about Islam or Muslims in it.
I was brought up with Hindus and Sikhs, they never terrorised anybody and they don't want to be called Asians anymore, because they don't want to be associated with Muslims. I don't blame them.

[boxtops]

Some of us might be interested to watch the programme on Channel 4 this coming Tuesday, 9pm, on the origins on Islam.

[jomifl]

Sandy, sometimes you try too hard to be contraversial..

[emmie]

a slave by definition is one who is not free to choose his or her own path. bound to the person who owns him or her. So not sure how any slave would be better off.

[emmie]

interesting reading, if you have the time

http://www.thereligio...Quran/015-slavery.htm

[lightbulb247]

hey sir alec, all i can say is im sorry for you. But i still do not agree all muslims are bad. far from it. and i will continue to defend my religion.

[argorstran]

What is the reason for Islamophobia ?
Skewed journalism plays a big part .

[Sir Alec]

How dare you say that you are sorry for me. Feel sorry for yourself being duped into supporting a vile, violent and hypocritic religion.

[jomifl]

Sith, would the perpetrators of 9/11 have done it if they hadn't been muslims? It is disingenuous to say that It was done because of hatred, not because of islam. It was islam that created and nurtured the hatred, if you think otherwise then you are either naive or a fool or both.

[boxtops]

Jomifl, well put

[boxtops]

^ although I don't wish personally to insult sith, but I agree with the statement that extremist Islam was behind the perpetration.