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Updated: Origins of the word "Islamophobia"

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Achilles Tang2/01/2014 6:20:26 am PST

re: #21 Jayleia

So I gather that Sam Harris said words to the effect that Muslims complain of Islamaphobia, and also said that Muslims had invented the word.

I’m sure I’ve seen that Muslims have used the word as an accusation against opponents (someone here even thought it applied to me because I dare be critical of CL because she never engages in debate).

So if Muslims somewhere never actually first coined the word, this changes what? If Sam Harris is wrong in that regard, but the word is still frequently used by many, Muslim and others, so what?