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The _very_ first paragraph quotes a Muslim saying "It’s the destruction of our religion.”.
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The article also documents that they are banning young people from attending religious services.
The article seems to be documenting practices designed to remove Islamic symbols and stop it from being transmitted to a younger generation.
Tearing down Islam seems as good a description as any for that.
I think you’ll need to explain why you think this is connected to Palestine in some way. The practices documented in the article go back many years.
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The article also documents that they are banning young people from attending religious services. The article seems to be documenting practices designed to remove Islamic symbols and stop it from being transmitted to a younger generation. Tearing down Islam seems as good a description as any for that. I think you’ll need to explain why you think this is connected to Palestine in some way. The practices documented in t…
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#25The Chinese government detests religion in general, so it's quite weird to single out Islam here.
In a pseudo-communist country, the only god is the state and leader Xi Jinping is the chosen prophet.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Etymology is interesting stuff for sure, but I'm pretty sure that "Islamophobia" is a well-established term: it was first included in the OED in 1923.
Worth noting that this isn’t a contradiction of the criticism of your use of it.
Google's definition is "dislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force." which means exactly what I intended.
Perhaps I don't understand the criticism -- it's supposed to be some sort of culture war thing? I'm using the normal, well-established word for this phenomenon. If you dislike the word, take it up with Oxford, I guess.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
The article also documents that they are banning young people from attending religious services. The article seems to be documenting practices designed to remove Islamic symbols and stop it from being transmitted to a younger generation. Tearing down Islam seems as good a description as any for that. I think you’ll need to explain why you think this is connected to Palestine in some way. The practices documented in t…
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This makes no sense. You might want to try rewriting it.
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#29Five years ago I would’ve never guessed that I would be downvoting overtly Islamophobic comments on HN. The current escalation reminds me of the early days after 9/11.
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Far-right wing Catholic who wants to stop muslim immigration into Europe [1] here:
If you don't think islamophobia is real, and used to manipulate Western populations, you're delusional. The US is very scary right now and, in some circles, I only mention my wife's religious background with a dash of courage. It helps that we both obviously despise coastal liberals though.
1. Ironically married to a muslim European.
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