Islamophobia: The Acceptable Bigotry That Arouses No Passion or Condemnation.

We show much less passion for Islamophobia than we do for other forms of prejudice. This is unacceptable, This needs to stop.

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In the holy month of Ramadan, Palestinian Muslims in Jerusalem, have been grappling, not only with the profound difficulties of their everyday lives, but also with the shelling by the Israeli police of the holy mosque of Al-Aqsa, which is at the heart of the battle between the state of Israel and Palestine.

In the fighting that has gone on for days, in which we are treated to the images of the shelling and the confirmation that babies have been among the 24 people killed and yet it seems that the lives of the victims — Muslims, do not matter.

In France, a number of serving French military officers have written to the head of state — Emmanuel Macron, stating that, he has surrendered to Islamists, thus bringing the republic to the brink of civil war. What’s interesting is that, the repulsive views of these servants of the state, have been endorsed by the leader of the nationalist…