Is Islamophobia In Europe A Growing Concern?

Sorry, integrated!

Growstuff. My figures certainly add up. I painstakingly added them up from the document to which I referred in my subsequent post. Check out before making bind assertions. Also I did not say that anyone was in need of a statistician. Having taught Statistics and Maths, I, alongside 99.99999% of the population have sufficient intellect to realise that 2 cases do not constitute fair representation

Rondoallaturc

Growstuff. My figures certainly add up. I painstakingly added them up from the document to which I referred in my subsequent post. Check out before making bind assertions. Also I did not say that anyone was in need of a statistician. Having taught Statistics and Maths, I, alongside 99.99999% of the population have sufficient intellect to realise that 2 cases do not constitute fair representation

Wow! I pity your students.

Maybe you would care to give a breakdown.

Rondoallaturc

GrannyRose15. Phobia means fear, straight and simple. Agoraphobia may to some be an irrational fear but is still “real”
ophidophobia, a fear of snakes..some may be perfectly harmless but the ordinary innocent non binary in the street can,t tell the difference. Phobia is fine until some highly respected wordsmith is asked to head a committee at an extortionate cost to the taxpayer to concoct a politically accepted word authorised by the far left

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word means "Intense dislike or fear of Islam, esp. as a political force; hostility or prejudice towards Muslims".

Have there been Islamic terrorist attacks in Rotherham please?

Growstuff. I have provided a reference to justify the figures. Also my students would rebutt any pity from your direction..they would simply wave their examination certificates your way. Dataphobia is another fear, that of facts, especially when the facts don,t support one’s dogma or prejudices.

Perhaps you would provide a working link to substantiate your figures Rondoallaturc.

Cossy

Rondoallaturc

Cossy. It’s a jolly good job that you are not a statistician. I’m sure that 2 acquaintances who have integrated is hardly a representative sample. Sadly there are not enough Katie590 s on this site. The evidence is clear and we will not be around to witness the full deadly repercussions. This said, 09/11, 07/07, Rotherham, Rochdale, Manchester, Oxford, Bristol, Charlie Hebdo, Boston marathon, lee Rigby, Madrid. 14356 killed as a result of Islamic violence from 09/11 to the beginning of 2016 and the rate is increasing daily. Are we really too afraid to admit this? These figures are ample grounds for fear…hence the suffix “phobia”

I don’t believe I said it was! But there is enough other evidences to show many Muslims have successfully interested into our western society, many have been peacefully living and working here for decades.

...there is enough other evidences to show many Muslims have successfully interested into our western society, many have been peacefully living and working here for decades.

The problem is of course that no-one goes around 'checking out' the number of Muslims who are here, have been for some time, and are integrated and living normal humdrum lives like anyone else.

I've mentioned, anecdotally, the Muslim family in my street - doing just that. They're very much involved in local - boring - issues like moving the bus stop to a more convenient location, garnering volunteers to make our town look more acceptable to tourists, etc, etc. But, as I said, purely anecdotal - however, I cannot believe that they are unique and we happen to have just one of a minority family in our town.

But, it wouldn't make headline news.

A day in the life of Mrs Aziz starting with taking the kids to school, is hardly going to make riveting reading.

I don't obviously know the 'intimate' details of the family life of the family mentioned. I do know they don't drink - but do go to the pub ocassionaly to socialise, particularly if there's been some interesting 'event' in the town. They also attended the funeral of a close neighbour in our local church.

Are they unique? I don't think so personally.

On the other hand, I do understand the fear (or phobia) generated by fundamentalists who have hijacked the religion to fulfil their agenda.

Rondoallature You are quoting events that have happened over 20 years. To compare please give us comparative statistics on drug related violence and knife crime.

M0nica

Rondoallature You are quoting events that have happened over 20 years. To compare please give us comparative statistics on drug related violence and knife crime.

I think that would be a very good idea, Monica, as I think that we are seeing an attempt to tar all Muslims with the same brush without any proper breakdown of the list of events as requested by GSM,

Nor a comparison of drug related violence and knife crime, and domestic and other violence against women from the population as a whole over those years.

Vague allegations are often the basis of Islamophobia, trying to create fear. Terrorists apart, we need to build. bridges not set up stations of possible hate and fear.

In the recent local elections it became obvious that certain council's - Oldham for one - had been notably influenced by Muslims voting against Labour according to the (religious) conflict between Israel and Gaza.

I don't want my council or government in my country determined by the seemingly eternal conflict thousands of miles away, largely and overwhelmingly dictated by male politicians who think blowing each other to pieces is the answer to everything. They never learn.

But it's the women who have to clear up the carnage.

And Heaven forbid we get another 5 years of the Conservatives.

Rondoallaturc

By the way..evidence…en.M.Wikipedia.org. List of Islamist terrorist attacks

Is this it?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Islamist_terrorist_attacks

The majority of Islamist attacks (89.5%) were in Muslim countries and the victims were mainly Muslims, in the same proportions.[1]

The article initially claims it's a list of attacks between 1979 and 2021 (further attacks up to 2024 have been added. I don't see that 15%of attacks in non muslim countries over a 40 year period is any evidence of Islamic takeover.

On my count there are 7 incidents recorded in the UK. 6 in London, 1 in Manchester. Nothing in Rotherham,Rochdale, Oxford or Bristol (I suspect that grooming gangs are being brought into the argument here)

Not to mention all the attacks mounted by Right wing groups and the mentally ill.

Perhaps someone can explain why when there are more of Hindu and Sikh heritage living in the UK that are perceived to be no threat, whereas those of Muslim heritage are perceived a major threat.

I'm sure I am not unique in reading some of these posts and seeing them for what they are. Racist fear mongering. Remember Powell's Rivers of blood speech? These are in the same mould and are just as inflammatory. They are being used to create hatred and division in our already polarised society and should be challenged and resisted by every decent thinking citizen.

Zakouma. A report in 2014 commissioned by Rotherham Council and conducted by Prof Alexis Jay concluded that as many as 1400 young girls had been abused over a period from 1997 to 2013 at the hands almost exclusively of British Pakistani men. It may not have the political angle to fully satisfy the definition of terrorism but it instilled terror into the lives of those girls. (Pretty sure those British Pakistanis were not Scottish Presbyterians) !!!

Or there is this more recent report from UCL.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/dec/analysis-new-home-office-report-admits-grooming-gangs-are-not-muslim-problem

Rondoallaturc

Zakouma. A report in 2014 commissioned by Rotherham Council and conducted by Prof Alexis Jay concluded that as many as 1400 young girls had been abused over a period from 1997 to 2013 at the hands almost exclusively of British Pakistani men. It may not have the political angle to fully satisfy the definition of terrorism but it instilled terror into the lives of those girls. (Pretty sure those British Pakistanis were not Scottish Presbyterians) !!!

I doubt anyone would find these men anything but disgusting and the failure of the police and social services to protect these girls is also appalling. However, are suggesting that the Pakistani community was complicit in these criminal acts? I hate "whataboutery" but how many priests in the RC church have been convicted of gross indecency with children, how many scout masters, how many teachers in boarding schools, how many police officers have abused their position, how many politicians have lined their own pockets, how many bad people are there out on our streets doing bad things to innocent people???? Do we judge all priests, teachers, policemen, politicians, etc etc by the actions of the group who commit vile criminal acts? No, we don't and nor should we judge any community because it has a group of men doing absolutely vile things to vulnerable children, we should condemn the men who commit the acts.

Rondoallature I think any study of crime has always shown that certain crimes happen more in some sections of the community than others.

You should read this link www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/what-do-we-know-about-the-ethnicity-of-sexual-abuse-gangs, which shows that while those involved in 'Type 1' abuse, group abuse of vulnerable children, Half were Asian but 205 were white and just under 20% of mixed ethnicities.

However, when it came to paedophiles, individually, or in groups exploiting children, the perpetrators were 100%white.

I think white paedophiles also instilled terror into the lives of those girls and boys they exploited.

The evidence is clear and we will not be around to witness the full deadly repercussions

So your figures include abuse/terrorist attacks?

Dare I say as women, mothers, grandmothers we find these things absolutely appalling. But personally that does not make me phobic about Muslims.

I just knew those grooming gangs were going to get a mention sooner or later. This isn't Islamophobia, it's racism. And deliberate ignoring of statistics by someone who claims they know all about statistics.

I agree Maizie.

The big grooming gangs that were found to be almost all of Pakistani heritage in Rotherham, Oxford and other places can’t be ignored.That was the problem in the first place, police SS and teachers being worried by the situation but afraid of being called racist so turned a blind eye to it.Hope that never happens again but your post MaizieD would make sad reading for any of those girls.
It hasn’t anything to do with terrorism but is yet another reason for unease in the mind of the general public.

Young girls are being abused by gangs of all kinds, because children are being sexualised earlier there is a higher proportion going off the rails. They get involved with the “bad boys” because it’s exciting, then first it’s presents, then alcohol, then drugs. The girls are easy meat, many are in care without any effective restriction on what they do.

The police know exactly what is happening but all they can do is take the girls home knowing they will be out next day.

Terrorism tho, is the main reason fuelling Islamaphobia, in non muslim countries.It isn’t an irrational fear and is understandable given all the awful attacks.