Wikipedia on Islamophbia

I've been lurking on Wikipedia when I came across this interesting definition of Islamophobia made by the Runnymede Report ( You need to login to view this link ), which is a British progressive think tank with /sarcasm incredible works like "Who cares about the white working class?"

Let's examine their definition of "closed" (and therefore in their eyes illegitimate) views on Islam point by point, and hit them with a reality check."

1. Islam is seen as a monolithic bloc, static and unresponsive to change.
While it may not be completely static, it certainly is very resistant to change, and even though many Islamic nations made some great developments towards civilisation during the middle and late 20th century, most of them quickly reverted back to fundamentalism through reactionary movements.

2. It is seen as separate and "other". It does not have values in common with other cultures, is not affected by them and does not influence them.
There are definitely some values that are unique to Islam, but naturally, Islamic cultures were affected by outside influences, and have affected other cultures themselves, just like any other culture on this earth. My criticism of this is that I've never heard anyone make the argument that is has NOTHING in common with other cultures.

3. It is seen as inferior to the West. It is seen as barbaric, irrational, primitive, and sexist.
It is.

4. It is seen as violent, aggressive, threatening, supportive of terrorism, and engaged in a clash of civilizations.
It is, by large.

5. It is seen as a political ideology, used for political or military advantage
It most definitely is. That was the whole point of the creation of the Religion. Mohammed needed a way to gain followers, to control them and to strife for world domination. The entire Religion of Islam is specifically made for this goal.

6. Criticisms made of "the West" by Muslims are rejected out of hand.
That's because most of them are utterly ridiculous. Muslims talk of "the West" like feminists talk of "the patriarchy". There certainly is legitimate criticism of western society, but the general mainstream Islamic discourse is completely void of it.

7.Hostility towards Islam is used to justify discriminatory practices towards Muslims and exclusion of Muslims from mainstream society.
While it is true that criticisms of Islam are often times used to justify discrimination against people who might not even adhere to the ideology, very often it is the inability or unwillingness of Muslims to integrate into western societies that is the cause of their own marginalisation.

8. Anti-Muslim hostility is seen as natural and normal.
There are always some knobheads who can't tell the difference between a religion and the people who identify with it. There are always some morons who rather use violence against something they don't like rather than reasoning and logic. While a hostility towards Muslims as a demographic might be questionable, hostility towards Islam as a religion and an Ideology is 100% justified.

In the last paragraph they talk about how we need to respect Islam to be critical about it. We don't need to respect anything. I don't respect Islam, nor do I respect Fascism or Marxism or any other cancerous ideology.
Sometimes it is best to respectfully disagree, and sometimes it is best to tell them to **** off.