Creationists need a Muslim hero, and American right-wingers need a “good” Muslim with whom to deflect accusations of Islamophobia.
He was also disturbed by the loaded arguments taking place online that were often filled with anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
If it has been too easy to jump on the right for its Islamophobia, Bennoune takes on the Western left as well.
As for Joe Kaufman, the FrontPage writer who attacked Aboushi, he was skewered last year for his Islamophobia on the Daily Show.
But the incendiary ramifications of Islamophobia are too often given lower priority, or even overlooked.
