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

Amy Curtis
Amy Curtis  |  April 01, 2026 1:30 PM

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.

"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.

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.

Of course, the Left is operating under the principle of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," and they're hoping Islam will destroy Christianity and Western culture on behalf of the Left.

They magically gloss over this, as well as Islam's propensity for child-marriage and incest, however.

Thus proving it's not a race issue. It's an issue of ideology.

"Temu Mick Jagger" is the perfect way to describe him.

Apparently.

And none of that is a phobia.

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

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

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

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.