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Accordingly, the present denominations and cultures
study examines the concept of and is a violent, petrified and
Islamophobia and its causes intolerant religion, and that
and the phenomenon of Islamic civilization is inferior
Islamism in the West. to the Western civilization and
it is a political ideology.
The Phenomenon of Islamophobia Accordingly, Muslims are
Islamophobia has been always presented as
mentioned as a new term for threatening national values and
old fears. (Sajid, 2005) Western culture. (Emami and
Some scholars believe that Hosseini Faeq, 2011)
the West fear and hatred of On the other hand, some
Islam is not new and dates back individuals and organizations
to the 8 century, when the have tried to define this term,
group refers to the historical which refers to some examples
experiences of Spain, the of these definitions:
Crusades and subsequent eras. - Kofi Annan; The former
(Toprak, 2010) UN Secretary-General
Islamophobia is a concept said at a conference on
that refers to fear, prejudice Islamophobia in 2004:
and irrational discrimination When the world has to
against Islam and Muslims. generate a term to
The theme of Islamophobia is describe prejudice and
that the Islamic world in stubbornness, it is an
general and Muslims living in unfortunate and difficult
Western countries in particular development.
should be considered as a (Morshedizad and
source of threat and danger to Ghaffari Hashjin, 2007)
the people and culture and - The Runnymede Trust,
civilization of the West. which established the
In general, Islamophobia British Muslim and
implies that Islam has nothing Islamophobic Commission
in common with other
