• chris crash 1, i was trying to find a term that encompasses anti-Muslim sentiment, i dont know of one either.

    So not 'Islamist' then !? ;P

    chris crash 2 i understand the difference between Arab and Muslim, there are a lot of people who do not make this distinction, ever met a US marine? The term islamist is clearly used by those in power, espicaly in the USA to paint all Arabs, and simalr brown people as an enemy to freedom and the white American way of life

    Well we can safely ignore those people within a conversation.

    chris crash 3 "nier Look up nier at Dictionary.com

    Edited to remove the apparent.

    Agreed.

    chris crash I think that the usage of the word islamist, and the time of its creation show how it is meant to be used

    Can you link or show me anything about the word's use or the time of its creation ? I am still in the dark about the etymology ?

    chris crash "it is not a war against Islam, it is a war against the Islamist" to most people that means the guy who cooks different food, prays at a a different church, and has different colour skin. especially the the mobs that attacked Arabs (not Muslims) after 9/11.

    Again, we can safely ignore those people within a conversation.

    A lot of conflation going on here !

    Let me say this:

    People like myself who find the ideas of Islam repellant are not racist (not that a distaste for Islam precludes racism).

    People like myself who find the ideas of Christianity repellant are not racist (not that a distaste for Christianity precludes racism).

    People like myself who find the ideas of Judaism repellant are not racist (not that a distaste for Judaism precludes racism).

    People like myself who find the ideas of Hinduism, Sikhism, Zoroastrian, Shintoists etc etc repellant are not racist.

    A better term might be anti-theist.

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