SIOE’s slogan
Our slogan has caused some controversy and maybe some misunderstanding even among a number of our supporters.
No doubt this is due in part to differences in language (certainly) and interpretations between the various countries.
So SIOE offers an explanation.
Let’s look at the slogan.
“Racism is the lowest form of stupidity! Islamophobia is the height of common sense!”
The first part is self-explanatory, but why was it included? Well this was to separate racism from the second part of the motto which refers to Islamophobia.
Racism is not Islamophobia! However, Islamists, politicians and media have tried to equate the two. SIOE is having none of that! Islamophobia is nowhere near as bad as racism. Genes are not the same as doctrine. A person cannot change his/her genes, but they can leave Islam and become an Islamophobe – tens of thousands do each year.
When, for example, an Arab leaves Islam because he hates and fears it, he doesn’t suddenly become a racist because of it. This is also true for any ex-muslim and the same is true for anyone who has never been a muslim.
Let’s look at what Islamophobia actually IS, not what it means.
Islamophobia is just a verbal hammer with which to beat people into submission so that they shut up.
Well SIOE is taking the hammer and swinging it right back at those politicians, Islamists and media people who want to silence ordinary people who dislike, yes even hate Islam.
SIOE didn’t invent the word Islamophobia and there is some debate as to where it originated. Some say George Bush invented it (when all else fails blame George Bush), some say it was Islamists.
Whoever first used the word “Islamophobia” there is no doubt that both Islamists, politicians and the media have adopted it with real enthusiasm and use it to bash people who complain about encroaching Islamism and Sharia by stealth.
Islamophobia does not have to mean anything – it is just a tool to suppress opposition to Islamisation.
Well SIOE refuses to be beaten into submission with a stupid word like “Islamophobia” and stupid is what it is. Anybody with any sense would have coined the expression “muslimophobia” because this would have had some merit in that it actually refers to people, at least, and not a belief or doctrine, which is what Islam is.
Indeed since SIOE proudly proclaimed “Islamophobia is the height of common sense” it has become noticeable that the “Islamophobia is not Muslimophobia” argument has become increasingly used.
SIOE’s motto has put our adversaries and critics on the back foot.
However, let’s take a look at what Islamophobia actually means because some have criticised its use by SIOE.
Taken literally Islamophobia means an irrational fear of Islam. Critics have said that fearing Islam is not irrational, but it is a considered and deliberate reaction to an oppressive political regime.
SIOE agrees with this, which is why SIOE’s motto says “Islamophobia is the height of common sense”.
Islamophobia is possibly unique where an irrational fear is simultaneously common sense.
Anyway, the term “phobia” has also become used as loosely as “racism”. Racism is now a catch-all accusation levelled at somebody who criticises or blames another group of people to which the accuser does not belong.
Such widespread usage has so cheapened an accusation of racism as to render it almost worthless.
In a similar way “phobia” has become to mean a “fear or loathing” of something not just an “irrational fear”.
For example, someone watching astronauts doing a passable impersonation of shooting stars as they re-enter the earth’s atmosphere might develop an incurable case of strap-your-arse-to-a-space-shuttle-ophobia. Would this be an irrational fear or a rational fear based on irrefutable observation?
Let’s, for the sake of argument, accept that Islamophobia is indeed an irrational fear of Islam. Does that mean it should be a crime?
Arachnophobia is a fear of spiders, some say it is an irrational fear. However, arachnophobia is not a criminal offence.
Freddy Thielemans, the ridiculous Brussels Mayor, undoubtedly has a case of Christianophobia, as amply demonstrated by his reportedly toasting the death of the Pope and buying champagne for customers in a restaurant to celebrate.
At worst he showed bad taste, but few would argue his actions should be a crime.
However, moves are being made through the discredited United Nations to make Islamophobia a crime. Naturally, this is being promoted by Islamic countries.
SIOE is countering this with a Kuffarphobia petition which it intends to be submitted to the United Nations to counter the Islamophobia petition.
From its outset SIOE was intended to be an organisation for action and one which uses the Islamist language right back at them.
“Islamophobia” was designed to put non-muslims on the defensive, well SIOE refuses to be on the defensive and we are shoving Islamophobia down the necks of those who shout it as a weapon to silence people who wish to stop Islamisation.
SIOE does not compromise or appease. SIOE fights like-with-like because SIOE believes in what it is fighting for.
SIOE’s motto was intended to wrong-foot Islamists, politicians and media and it has done just that. SIOE cannot be called racist because we openly denounce racism – and we mean it.
SIOE is not afraid to be called Islamophobic because Islamophobia does not exist.
As our French colleagues say “By this slogan, SIOE wants to stress that ‘islamophobia’ is a word without significance, a neologism that is deliberately ambiguous, a word created and used as a weapon in order to prohibit criticism of Islam, while simultaneously trying to make ‘islamophobia’ pass for an incentive to hatred of muslim people and for racism which it is not at all.”
Many of our supporters do not like the word Islamophobia because they say they do not fear Islam at all. Instead they despise it and reject it. Yes indeed.
SIOE does not fear Islam – it simply rejects Islam!
peace said
how desperate – islam will reign supreme, not terrorists, exterimists, fascisists – this is sioe’s greatest fear – we’ll see where this frenzy takes us….
john gibson said
why does islam have to reign supreme ?
are you trying to inflame the situation qhile hiding behind a silly name like peace! while soeing the seeds of hatred ?
show some courage and post under your real name as i have …
why can it not be that islam and christianity co – exsist in peace as god / allah intended
think before you post comments that will only inflame hatred and dirision
. said
i hope all your mothers die you fuckers
jewlovers
carlwalker said
They inevitably will.
EnglishJew said
Thats why islam is the devils’ religion. It is doomed.
satanlovers.
Muslimahandtheresnothingyoucandoaboutit said
“thats why islam is the “devils” religion” you say?
then finish off with “satanlovers”
makes sense.
nick said
EAT PORK YOU LOONY TOON
GO CHEW ON SOME BACON
Muslimahandtheresnothingyoucandoaboutit said
ok, you dont worry about me
i know how to keep myself away from ‘loony toons’ like you
epb said
“Jewlovers” you say? Well! As the SOIE slogan says, “Racism is the lowest form of stupidity.” So I and other readers can conclude from your invective toward a particular ethnic group that you are very stupid, indeed! Hey, ’said, you’re a Stupidlover because you cannot see how stupid your statement truly is.
Mohsin said
Tell me what you know about the science that came from the koran ?
Tell me what you know about the Civil and equality Laws which came form the koran ?
Tell me what you know about what the Koran says about Science, Astronomy, Plants, ???
Tell me what you know about what the Islamic civilsation contributed to world civilisation ? in the context of schools, education, maths, geometry ?
Tell meeeeee if you know ANYTHING.???????????!!!!!!!! BECAUSE if you dont know then you are living in so much ignorance, you are not fit to live in the 21st century
MB
John said
Tell me how, despite all this alleged science and equality, muslims have become the most arrogant, ignorant people of the world, hell bent by their own admission on world domination.
The loony liberal weak lefties can only stand aside for so long, slowly but surely the majority are realising the scale of the problem in the UK and will make their own moves to eject the unwelcome visitor from their house.
epb said
Here, here, John! Wherever Islam has come to dominate there is over time invariably cultural rot, stagnation of intellectual inquiry, diminishment of social institutions, etc… Islam necessarily causes this because it deprives adherents of logic and the ability to self-reflect, as evidenced today by Islam’s most vocal (devout) adherents. During this time of revolution, regression and repression, mohammedans survive like a virus that mooches off the remnants of the former culture’s life-giving elements until it is exhausted and then collapses under the retardation Islam introduced. Victim-Europe at the present time is infected with this disease, and via immigration is increasingly exposed to this deadly threat. Will Europe survive? Not if the treatment for this sick patient-continent is more multiculturalism.
Islam is “anti-” everything. Anti-science, anti-equality, anti-rationale…
Paques said
John – that’s the problem. Fundamental Islam will not coexist with any other religion. The doctrine is right. In all Islamic countries Christians and other non-Muslims are discriminated against, tormented, tortured, or killed.
Although SIOE’s facts are correct, I don’t agree with their intentions. It seems more like they want to destroy and persecute Islam in an effort to diminish it.
On the other side, how close to Facism is Islam?
Hmm.... said
Omg.
Why do you hate islam SO much???
Because not all muslims are like that, doofus.
I hope you all go to hell.
Hmm.... said
You know what, whatever you are trying to do.
it’ll never work.
Trust me, it won’t work.
you are fools, if you think you can stop islam….
hahaha.
Nadia said
Support Israel?? Seriously?!! jokers! i love it!
Paul Yak said
Unfortunately Nadia thats how hurt We are the way the extremist Muslims want to treat us like infidels/pigs.
If I had to make a choice between Jews or Extremist Muslims, I know that I would choose to support the Jews. As the way they defend themselves Stops the Islam fascists from taking over THEIR Country.
Do you as a female agree with Sharia, and the way they wish to treat women. If the fundamental Muslims take over Europe as they intend, their own women will be next on their list of “To Do’s”. Do you think Muslim females are not worthy of education, to work and mix with any other Males.
If you do agree with Sharia, you can easily move to a country that already has these rules in place. So why do they prefer to try and change Europe to their will?
Joe said
Hmm.. let’s see Nadia, which is worse, Israel or Palestine
2001 – Palestinian Gay Runaways Survive on Israeli Streets
2003 – Palestinian Gay Runaways Survive on Israeli Streets
2003 – Palestinian gays flee to Israel
2009 – Gay Palestinian fears for life, seeks residency in Israel
Please tell me – how does one tell the difference between islam and nazism? Talk about Tea with Mussolini – the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem used to have tea with Hitler. When I first read about that, I thought it had to be a sick joke. It’s sick alright, just not funny.
Friend said
Authors at CrazyIslam.com have received multiple death threats for quoting the Koran.
Non-PC information about Mohammed, Islam, and Muslims that they are willing to kill for.
Much more, here’s a sampling:
Kill anyone who insults Islam or Mohammed.
Kill all Muslims who leave Islam. (Koran 2:217, 4:89) (Bukhari 9.84.57)
Koran cannot be doubted. (Koran 2:1)
Islam is the only acceptable religion. (Koran 3:85).
Muslims must fight us, even if they don’t want to. (Koran 2:216)
We are pigs and apes. (Koran 2:62-65, 5:59-60, 7:166)
We can’t be friends with Muslims. (Koran 5:51)
We are sworn enemies of Muslims and Islam. (Koran 4:101)
We can be raped as sex-slaves. (Koran 4:23-24)
We are the vilest of creatures. (Koran 98:6)
Mohammed is considered a prophet and the ideal man. (Koran 47:4)
Mohammed (51) married his favorite child bride Aisha when she was 6. (Bukhari 7.62.88)
Mohammed (54) deflowered the nubile Aisha when she was 9. (Bukhari 7.62.88)
Mohammed ordered all dogs to be killed because of a puppy. (Bukhari 4:54:540)
Mohammed helped behead (Koran 47:4) 600 – 900 captives in one day.
Mohammed and insults against him and Islam require death.
Mohammed had people killed for insulting him. (Asma bint Marwan, Abu ‘Afak, Kab bin Al-Ashraf)
Mohammed orders anyone leaving Islam to be killed. (Koran 2:217, 4:89, Bukhari 9.84.57)
Mohammed curses his aunt and uncle to hell. (Koran Chapter 111)
Mohammed was made victorious through terror. (Bukhari 4.52.220)
Paul Yak said
I think it is very illuminating to see that NO Muslims wish to comment on this detailed excerpts from the Koran.
The TRUTH hurts, so please tell me followers of Islam, Do YOU;
a, Think it is right that you may KILL Anyone who insults Islam/Mohammed?
b, Believe the Koran Can NOT be Doubted?
c, Believe WE (Infidel, westerners, Christians, Jews, Hindu’, etc) are Pigs and Apes?
d, Say WE (As Above) can’t be friends with Muslims?
e, Agree that it is OK for Mohammed (Or ANY Muslim Male) to marry a 6 yr old, and have SEX with a 9 year old (At least he allowed her 3 extra years to mature)?
f, Think ANY insults against Islam/Mohammed deserve DEATH?
Please give me YOUR Honest views as THESE are the reasons many westerners are cautious of how we should feel in the company of Muslims.
Anonymous said
yesterday i replied fully to this, wheres my reply gone? have you deleted it out of fear of the truth?
Muslimahandtheresnothingyoucandoaboutit said
anonymous theyre doing the same to everyone, i made a post referring to every single verse ‘friend’ put up, it was 7 pages long on msword but they’re just too afraid that people will see islam how it is and not in their twisted views, to post it.
EnglishJew said
Israel regularly trashes islamofascists, ha ha the musso worse nightmare, a true Israeli Zionist/Western alliance. LOL its happening, and you cant stop the inevitable.
Israel knows how to treat islamofascists. Seems like the rest of the world is waking up too.
LOL.
a muslim said
http://www.islamagainstextremism.com/
Please would someone kindly explain to me why you hate on all muslims and not just the sect that is extremist? I mean seriously, you are being pretty naive, taking in what you’re told as the truth.
The extremist sect is known as Salafi, they’re the fundamentalists that you should be hating on if you have the right to hate, not all muslims
Joe said
Please see the Dispatches documentaries where they secretly filmed mosques in Birmingham and London. These programs showed various muslim leaders saying that gay people must be killed, ex-muslims must be killed, and justifying sex with pre-pubescent girls. It is still very shocking.
The Police tried to prosecute Channel 4 saying that the TV company had lied. The Police were defeated in court, and had to pay damages to the program makers.
All the mosques involved claimed they were not responsible for what was said. Two years later, Channel 4 made another documentary showing things had not changed.
If you are seriously worried about why anyone might hate islam, you only have to watch those two documentaries.
Many of us don’t hate muslims. I made friends with a muslim last year, and after seeing him a few times he started telling me that muslims weren’t involved in 9/11, and started trying to convert me to islam. He hated black people, and seemed to me to be having paranoid delusions.
I decided there was no point in trying to be friends with him. This was when I started to study islam and its relationship to the west.
Just stop being a muslim. If you feel you’re not allowed to stop, then there is the problem in front of your very eyes.
Paul Yak said
Well said Joe. I love this sort of answer as they keep on saying we only feel like this about islam because we are uneducated people.
They must begin to understand I am a graduate in a higher degree, I have many friends and family who feel the same. Its because we are educated we can see what they are trying to achieve.
I certainly don’t want ANY man to think its ok to have sex with my young daughter (11).
Paul Yak said
To A Muslim comment no. 11
I truly Do NOT hate ALL Muslims, I hate the doctrine that says I am an infidel, that my womenfolk are trash/sluts/dirty, that wishes to take over ALL other religions. I stayed at my friends in Pakistan for 8 weeks, I travelled thru Afghanistan for 2 weeks, I think if I was hateful, bullyin or racist I would have been found out in Kabul.
The only racists were the Afghani racists who told me to get out of their country or I would be kidnapped and killed. This was in 1999 before the west invaded their country. The Taliban were also very racist when they blew up the Giant Buddha statues in their country, and they were also VERY sexist not allowing women to work, school themselves etc.
This is the sort of Muslim I am against, and I will DO ANYTHING until my dying breath to try and regain my countries culture back. Why should a christian in a christian dominated country feel bad for celebrating OUR Saints days, religious festivals etc. We are told because there are so many Muslim children in these schools it would offend them. But if they didn’t agree with this countries educational/religious system WHY did they come here? Was it to cause trouble, and try and take over our country??
AngelGabrielsaid said
Mohammed founded Islam as an all encompassing political/spiritual movement so Islam CAN and DOES apply Terror,Militarism,gender Apartheid,Racism and many unsavoury means to achieve its dominance,(conveniently in the name of a preIslamic god,Allah.The Quran and Sharia is static and unchanging,while Muslims on the other hand migrate globally.Islam only tolerated the Jews as dhimmis and cannot tolerate the Jewish State of Israel in control of its own destiny.By its nature Islam cannot exist,without seeking to
dominate all territory wherever its community exists and thus it remains a global threat,to all other communities and to the innocent in its own community.Muslims need to understand that Protest against Islam and Sharia is a HUMAN RIGHT in the FREE WORLD even if it is not in the MUSLIM WORLD and that Islam itself is the main barrier to ALL TRUE integration and Peace.
Russel said
Why would you read Koran ?
… Any thing written in the past does not mean its all true ….. ”
Its written by a person like me and you..
God is a Prblem not a solution
Osho said
GrandfatherScot said
The final straw was the plot to bring down at least 7 planes revealed in all its detail last week. Thank god for the intelligence services . I am a 52 year old granddad who has lived a life of tolerance and inner peace but am no longer able to tolerate this cancer in our midst.If the moderate muslims [which the quran does not teach]cannot deal with these Salafi then it falls to the increasing amount of concerned europeans who want to protect our childrens future to take action. I really hope it doesnt come to that but the tide is turning and one day even our politicians will get the message.
Muslimahandtheresnothingyoucandoaboutit said
you are all so ignorant.
Paul Yak said
I think the problem as far as Aggressive muslims is, We are AWARE, NOT ignorant of all the tricks muslims are doing to try and take over the Western countries. They are OUR countries, leave them for OUR children.
Slogan said
The term “Islamophobia” is not a word, it does not exist. It only serves to promote claims of “racism” whenever any form of criticism is voiced wrt islamic ideology. It also serves to present the wrong image to those who are not familiar with the subject.
Would the term “ISLAMIC AWARENESS” not be more appropriate as it is the content and teachings of the ideology that you question and oppose rather than any individual?
Sitemaster said
Posts spamming Islam will be censored.
If people want to preach Islam then go to the dhimmedia which censor SIOE.
We don’t see why Islamic propaganda should be permitted on an anti-Islam site while SIOE is censored by the media which publish Islamic propaganda.
Muslimahandtheresnothingyoucandoaboutit said
you make me laugh.
so ignorant.
Muslimahandtheresnothingyoucandoaboutit said
and to paul, your sitemaster is making it rather difficult to give you ANY of my views.
Anil said
I’m so glad that there is a group espousing Islamophobia without racism. Claiming that Islamophobia is a bad trait is like saying that a person would be rude to say that they should be afraid of swimming with sharks. It’s completely irrational.
SIOE are really making an impact because people are curious to see why an organisation would be openly Islamophobic. It goes against the preconceived notion of Islamophobia having negative connotations.
Thank you for enlightening people who have been brainwashed by the media, especially the media organisations with a strong left-wing bias. They are merely trying to keep the inevitable backlash of Islamisation from occurring because it is these media organisations, politicians etc. that were and still continue to espouse the concept of multiculturalism instead of a multi-ethnic society.
Muslimahandtheresnothingyoucandoaboutit said
exactly HOW are the media brainwashing people into, say, thinking good of islam?
its the EXACT opposite my dear.
Anil said
As I explained, some organisations, especially those with a strong left-wing bias tend to give the term Islamophobia negative or racist connotations when it is perfectly rational to fear Islam and its subsequent effects such as Islamic terrorism including terrorism conducted by homegrown Islamic terrorists. Only last week did a German citizen-turned-terrorist Bekkay Harrach, a member of Al-Qaeda release a video of him threatening to have terrorist attacks conducted in Germany if he did not get his way. The video also contained Islamic prayers and quotes from the Qu’ran. Islamisation is alarming and a genuine concern. Regarding the opposite, some far-right organisations and activists such as white supremacists take advantage of Islamisation which is why it is refreshing to see SIOE espousing Islamophobia without a racist platform.
Joe said
How are the media islam-friendly?
There were loads of journalists and cameramen at Harrow. Yet the media (and government ministers) insisted on referring to SIOE as right-wing racists. All the media had to do was interview Stephen, or check out this site, or publish the SIOE letters that were sent to the press. They had many options, but they chose to trumpet the islam-friendly cliches.
The Harrow demonstration was cancelled because the police officer in charged feared that one or more of his policemen would be KILLED by the muslim mob. That wasn’t reported on the news.
The media call the EDL right-wing racists, when the EDL has black people on its demonstrations. The EDL was formed to counter the likes of Anjem Choudary. The media prefer to tar anyone who opposes the spread of islam as being racist.
The media lie to us about the most popular boys names in Britian. Only the BNP website told the truth – that Mohammed was the 3rd most popular name.
There was the story on 28th September 2009 of a high-up muslim at the Home Office forging the details on applications for 50 muslims claiming asylum in the UK. She got 5 years for this. Did this report appear in the national media? No. (see this google search:http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=news+%22lunar+house%22++Aliya+Ali&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.mandriva:en-US:official).
The media never challenge muslims and politicians who claim it is The Religion of Peace™. All one has to do is read about the origins of islam, or read the koran, or read the news in Thailand or India to see that the words “peace” and “islam” make uneasy bedfellows.
The convicted criminal Lord Ahmed proposed 10000 muslims would blockade parliament if Geert Wilders was allowed into the country, it was only the Spectator that reported these seditious charges. Lord Ahmed says the Spectator was wrong, and he would sue them. So where is his law suit? My guess is that he doesn’t want the truth to come out in court.
Journalists in the UK are a bunch of lazy, craven, dhimmi liberals. And you can bet none of them live anywhere near a muslim.
The only truly notable exceptions are Channel 4’s Dispatches and Melanie Phillips.
And what happened when Channel 4 got documentary proof of the extremism being propounded in major UK mosques? The police and Crown Prosecution Service went after Channel 4, alleging they were racist. The courts showed that Channel 4 had done nothing wrong.
Joyking said
We need many more SIOE’s and SIOW’s (Stop Islamification of WORLD)…Islam is like a cancer to the world. Must be stopped..Citizens pls wake up now ….
barenakedislam said
Please feel free to also use the slogan from my website if you like.
BARE NAKED ISLAM
It isn’t Islamophobia when they really ARE trying to kill you.
http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com
stephen k said
mohammed could not even write.the koran without the hadith is meaningless,as it has no continuity or context in which the verses are set.The hadith were compiled many years later,and are not verifiabley accurate,being based on hearsay and myth.In fact,the most commonly used texts for islam date no earlier than the 10th century A.D.,and were actually edited and compiled in Baghdad.ISLAM IS A FAKE!
Dan Mann said
Many, many Middle Eastern Arabic people are good, decent, intelligent people. Many nominally-Muslim or even practicing Muslims are good, decent people. There has historically been much good and admirable in Arabic and Muslim culture, including great architecture, math, science, cuisine, inventions, beauty, etc. But in the past few hundred years much of Islam has become intensely brittle, rigid, angry, completely reactionary and totalitarian, defensive, arrogant and quite actually fascistic. The aggressiveness and utter “balls” of many Muslims who are given comfortable homes in Western European countries, which really owe them NOTHING, is unconscionable to the point of being insane. These nasty, cowardly attacks on various targets within these generous host countries, including the vicious, violent bullying of Jewish individuals and communities is also sickening. While I believe the problem will grow and come to a head in the future, I believe that at some point the populations of these countries will rise up and forcibly stop this aggressive, arrogant Islamo-fascism in their own lands, and on an international, macro level, if Islamic fascist nations (i.e. Iran) make major missteps with terrorism or military aggression, the West will obliterate them. The Islamic world may have an edge in craziness, desperation, suicide bombers, theological irrationality, etc., but the West blows it away in sheer military smarts, strength, training and sheer firepower. Islam will score some formidable bursts of disgusting terrorism, but if need be The West will incinerate a few major Islamic capitals/cities with huge nuclear bombs and those countries will crumble. This can be avoided if these Islamo-fascists start chilling out and getting with the progrsam of modernity, democracy and basic tolerance.