When a muslim is being attacked physically,abused verbally and discrimated against anywhere simply because he is a muslim, that is indeed a horrible hate crime . But this is not Islamophobia – this is Muslimophobia.

Heaven and Hell are marketing tools to sell faith. When a religion says you will roast in hell forever if you do not fear a creator , that is definitely a thought crime against humanity. But that religion has every single right to be there in any society. And I have every single right to criticize it as well. As the late Christopher Hitchens said “Civility is overrated”.

Ofcourse, leftists would pounce on me saying “You are a bigot against muslims.Look at the Christians and all their wars” . Well guess what ? The previous passage applies to both Christianity and Islam-the world leaders in selling their faiths. And by all means, I am not defending any other religion in the planet.

The word ‘muslim’ and ‘christian’ are political terms that are used to describe people who are victims to a political ideology, namely Islam and Christianity. You can belong to any school of thought in islam, but the one thing that unites all muslims is the quran- a political document that sells heaven and hell. As for Christians, it is the bible – a collection of political documents that serves the same purpose.

An Islamophobe is a person who does not like Islam. It may be a person who finds the Quran offensive or the Prophet Mohammed offensive. That individual has every single right to hold those opinions without facing any threats in a free society. But , should we be quick to label him a Muslimophobe ? Ofcourse not. That person might be a peaceful person who would never wish harm or ill-will on any group of people as he is an individual with his own thoughts.

A person who disagrees or criticizes Islam does face a threat from some muslims too wherever they live. This is called Kafirophobia-the hatred of non muslims by muslims. Any act of violence or discrimination against non muslims,especially critiques of Islam and former muslims is an act of hate crime as well. This can be in a muslim majority or a muslim minority nation.

Now,are there news channels,radio stations and news papers that promote Muslimophobia and Kafirophobia ? Ofcourse they are there. The moment you notice any of the above forms of media that endorse violence against either muslims or kuffars (disbelievers) alike, that media should be charged for hate speech.

But can a media outlet criticize the ideology islam ? Ofcourse they can. They have every right to condemn any ideology they wish. This is where the future of Islam lies. Can Islam survive in a growing anti-theistic society ? That’s only for the muslims to answer.