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Sweden and the Use of the Term "Islamophobia": The Government Wants to Phase It Out and Replace It with "Anti-Muslim Racism" · Maldita.es - Journalism so You Don't Get Fooled

This is not the first time the Swedish government has referred to the phasing out of the term “Islamophobia.” The Swedish government’s December 2024 Action Plan against Racism and Hate Crimes already addressed this issue: “The term Islamophobia has been criticized, among other things, because ‘phobia’ evokes irrational fears of individuals rather than discrimination, exclusion, and racism, and has also been questioned for giving the impression t…
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This is not the first time the Swedish government has referred to the phasing out of the term “Islamophobia.” The Swedish government’s December 2024 Action Plan against Racism and Hate Crimes already addressed this issue: “The term Islamophobia has been criticized, among other things, because ‘phobia’ evokes irrational fears of individuals rather than discrimination, exclusion, and racism, and has also been questioned for giving the impression t…

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