The term ‘Islamophobia’ was introduced to Western speech in the 1970s by Iranian fundamentalists, designed specifically to match ‘antisemitism’ for prejudice against Jews. I denies the reality of an Islamic religious offensive in Europe, and implicitly justify it, and it attacks all secularism by equating it with bigotry.
A phobia is an irrational fear, and what the term tacitly conveys is that any fear of Islam is irrational. But mostly, it’s designed to shut you up, to make any criticism of Islam into hate speech, equivalent to open racism, homophobia etc..
Anyone who uses the term to mean ‘anti-Muslim prejudice’ (which is a real thing, and doesn’t need any other label) is a gullible, virtue-signalling tool, conniving with an extremist agenda to pre-empt all secularism, and any mention of Islamic totalitarianism.
Jesus & Mo (the characters) are absurd, blinkered, and oddly very sweet. J&M (the cartoon) is brilliant: sharp, delicious, irresistible. Salman Rushdie
Jesus and Mo cartoons are wonderfully funny and true. Richard Dawkins
Jesus and Mo make the world a better place, bless their little hearts. Ophelia Benson
In a world defined by outrage and offence and liberal spinelessness, Jesus and Mo is a treasure, whose value we should never fail to recognize. Read them. Laugh. And think. Kenan Malik
The brilliant, celebrated, freaking hilarious atheist comic strip ... Greta Christina
...rays of sanity in a befuddled world. Keri Hulme
The liveliest depictions of Muhammad currently available... Malise Ruthven
J & Mo is the funniest and most consistently thought-provoking cartoon strip on the Net. In a saner world, it would run in a major newspaper. Nelson Jones, Heresy Corner
Consistently amusing, frequently thought-provoking and often heart-warming. New Humanist
Jesus & Mo is one of the most wonderful things on the internet.. JT Eberhard
Wittily captures much of the absurdity of religious apologetics. Mano Singham
I love jesusandmo.net cartoons - witty and sharp! Katha Pollitt
Often hilarious, frequently wry, these cartoons do what all the best cartoons do: they tell the truth through humour. Terry Sanderson, NSS President
...a wonderfully acid British cartoonist... Nick Cohen
I love the scrappy mockery of Jesus and Mo. Freedom of speech
includes the freedom to mock any person, any thing, any activity, and
any belief -- and J&M stands up for this unflinchingly Richard Stallman
...empowering, important and deeply progressive, not to mention hilarious... Council of Ex-Muslims
February 1, 2007
The term ‘Islamophobia’ was introduced to Western speech in the 1970s by Iranian fundamentalists, designed specifically to match ‘antisemitism’ for prejudice against Jews. I denies the reality of an Islamic religious offensive in Europe, and implicitly justify it, and it attacks all secularism by equating it with bigotry.
A phobia is an irrational fear, and what the term tacitly conveys is that any fear of Islam is irrational. But mostly, it’s designed to shut you up, to make any criticism of Islam into hate speech, equivalent to open racism, homophobia etc..
Anyone who uses the term to mean ‘anti-Muslim prejudice’ (which is a real thing, and doesn’t need any other label) is a gullible, virtue-signalling tool, conniving with an extremist agenda to pre-empt all secularism, and any mention of Islamic totalitarianism.