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نوفمبر 30, 2006 - 2:25صباحا — عربيات
In recent years the term Islamophobia has been frequently used in discourse and in different contexts. Phobia is an extreme and irrational fear of, or aversion to, something without there being a realistic foundation for such fear. The word Islamophobia was coined because of the extremism and violence some Islamic groups adopted while abandoning the ethos of good manners and uprightness that Islam has enjoined. These groups helped spread this phobia by terrorizing people who may not be fully aware of or familiar with the reality of this beautiful religion.