05 September 2010
Uncommon Commentary #127: Their "Alarm" Needs Repair
There was a report on Religion
and Ethics Newsweekly about alarm on the part of some over (what they
perceive as) the increase of "Islamophobia" in the USA. I don't know whether "Islamophobia"
is actually growing (or whether the concept is even valid, since the definition
of a phobia is an irrational fear or
hatred of something), but, even if it is, I have difficulty getting concerned
about it just now. Anti-Christian
sentiment has manifestly been rising for decades; why don't people become
"alarmed" over that?