Islamophobia

Apparently, the UK, London and/or Sadiq Khan, is in the hands of Islamists.

Just for the record, I am going to go out for a drink later today and am about to eat some pork sausages.  

In London, while protests against the massacre of civilians in Gaza have taken place, there also have been marches against anti-Semitism.  I have drunk alcohol in London and have eaten pork there as well.  So when people say that elected politicians are in the hands of Islamists, they need to look at nations like Afghanistan and the human rights records of nations like Saudi Arabia.

I know why this has been taking place.  It is to score political points.  I work with a Catholic and I live next door to some.  It would be wrong to blame them for the acts of Catholic terrorism that I grew up with (I actually treated the victims of such terrorism when younger).  My neighbours are from Ireland, they should not be judged on the vile actions of a minority.  

The same applies to Islam and Muslims.  Those on the right are fixating (mostly) on Muslims for now.  If they got their way, it would be other groups next.  

So to put it simply, I think that the comments of Suella Braverman and Lee Anderson are Islamophobic.  If someone made the same comments about how the UK or London are in the hands of Zionists, that would rightly be considered to be anti-Semitic.  But being Islamophobic, while not racism, is based on prejudice and is wrong.  Sadly, it appears to be acceptable in the Conservative party, rather it is unacceptable, but they are unable to accept that these statements are Islamophobic.