It Isn’t Islamophobic to Criticize Sadiq Khan

Everything about this dash to brand Trump an Islamophobe for criticizing the London mayor is worrying. It confirms that the chattering-class concern with Islamophobia is not about protecting Muslims from genuine discrimination or violence (both of these things are already illegal), but rather is about ringfencing Islam and all Muslims from criticism, surrounding this one religion with a blasphemy-deflecting forcefield. So any commentary on Islam or even on influential Muslims can be casually batted aside as 'phobic'.

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