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Cultivated Islamophobia

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People often ask why Muslims/Islam are hated so much around the world. Why is Islamophobia so endemic to human society?  Well, #Islamophobia is cultivated, and here's why 👇🏽 CULTIVATED ISLAMOPHOBIA History always tends to repeat itself. Events that have already taken place some centuries ago recast themselves in a new environment, playing in the hands of a new generation. And that is precisely why we do read history in the first place – to learn from man’s past mistakes and to adopt the steps taken to rectify the same. The topic under discussion, Islamophobia can also be traced as far as history takes us back. We know from the Qur’ān that all nations revolted against their prophets who essentially preached nothing but Islam. Be it Aad or Thamud, Madyan or Pharaoh, Nimrod or Sodom, the underlying narrative has always been Islamophobia. Of these, some saw Islam as a threat to their kingship, some to their businesses, some to their lewd lifestyles and some to their pries