This British Academic Tried Shaming Critics of Islam. It Did Not Go Well for Him.

Muslim isn't a race, and we all know that. People of all races and ethnicities are, and can be, Muslim and follow Islam. So the Left's arguments that criticism of the backward, anti-gay, and anti-woman religion is many things, but they are not racist, and they are not "Islamophobic."

No one has an irrational fear of Islam. They have a perfectly rational fear of a sociopolitical movement with a religious veneer that seeks to oppress them. In Germany, a study showed women aren't keen to enter into relationships with men who hail from cultures that view women as sex slaves and punching bags with no inherent human rights. Across Europe, there's a rise of "homonationalism" as gays move to embrace Right-leaning populist parties over concerns about the rise of Islam, which is wholly incompatible with gay rights, too.

Despite these very real concerns and arguments, the Left keeps doubling down on calling criticism of Islam "racist," as Rory Stewart, an academic and former United Kingdom Minister of State for Prisons, Parole, and Probation, said recently.

The anti-Muslim sentiment sweeping across the UK and Europe is "basically racism" says Rory Stewart pic.twitter.com/gMGjkChlBU
— The New Statesman (@NewStatesman) March 30, 2026

"I mean, essentially the AfD (Alternative for Deutschland) in Germany or the far-right in Britain, or all those people on social media who are talking about Judeo-Christian values and saying, 'I've got nothing against people of color, I just don't like Islam are basically racist," Stewart said.

Once again, Islam and Muslims are not races. They are ideologies.

Or perhaps, people are tired of Islamism?
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 30, 2026

We are tired of a religion that is wholly incompatible with Western culture and values. Islamism hates gays, women, freedom, alcohol, pork, and other religions.

Dear Rory,

1. Islam is not a race

2. We have a right to be upset that hordes of Islamists are raping our little girls, firebombing ambulances, beheading veterans, planting nail bombs at kids’ concerts, committing mass shootings, and blowing up train stations

Hope this helps! https://t.co/yimdi7nEcR
— Samantha Smith (@SamanthaTaghoy) March 30, 2026

And none of that is a phobia.

Stop being scared of being called a racist

Don't engage in ethnic hatred, but never engage with the charge of racism or level it at anyone even if you think you are "reversing the roles"

Racism is a meaningless propaganda term, don't be shamed by it https://t.co/EdwJhDFbHw
— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) March 30, 2026

The people who are calling us racist are wrong about every issue. Ignore them.

If anti Muslim sentiment is purely racism, why isn’t anti-Hindu or anti-Sikh sentiment also on the rise to the same extent? https://t.co/GMMZP15hpf
— Mayuran Senthilnathan 🇬🇧 (@MayuranSenthil) March 30, 2026

This is a question guys like Stewart won't answer, of course.

Even comedian John Cleese, hardly a racist, slammed Stewart.

This is complete nonsense

To criticise a culture whose holy book advocates the killing of all the people they disagree with...is not racist

It's culturalist

And this criticism seems wholly justifiable to me

Oh ! There's the door bell. Must be the police... https://t.co/FkmwxdZx5L
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) March 31, 2026

You can only call people racist and Islamophobic for so long before the words are devoid of all meaning. And we've long crossed that threshold.

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