On 18/02/2008, Raphael Wegmann
<raphael(a)psi.co.at> wrote:
It is a source for an assertion that an Iranian
cultural official
considers the inclusion of the Muhammad cartoon images a desecrating,
divisive and Islamophobic move.
i.e., it's a useful word to use against people who say something you
don't like, and gets less meaningful with expanded use, e.g.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7237663.stm - a minister raising concern
with health issues caused by inbreeding in the British Pakistani
community (where first-cousin marriage is common) is told that
noticing this issue "verges on Islamophobia." What?
I guess Christians wouldn't be amused about that Telegraph headline either.
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Raphael