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Islamophobia

unless you truly mean a fear of the religion itself, use: anti-Muslim prejudice, anti-Muslim bigotry. Doug Saunders (The Myth of the Muslim Tide) says, "The assumption among Islamophobes is that there is something intrinsically alien and incompatible about the presence of Muslims in free countries. In truth, they are not visibly different from other groups that have arrived with the mindset of the past and found themselves transformed into tolerant, loyal and law-abiding souls who value democracy and liberty. Free societies have a way of doing that." See also Islam, Muslim.


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