text: Why would you want to perpetuate the obfuscation of the term Islamophobia? It seems to me this is intentional, not just for political expediency, but also to further ensure that this erroneous term can be deployed as a social tool in the future to silence all critics of the religion. You also said: "Islam is no more an "ideology" than Judaism in this case" So? What is your point? All religions are ideologies. The key distinction and the reason that people are so up-in-arms about this is that Islam is a particularly pernicious ideology and much more of a threat to western society than Judaism (which, like Islam, is also guilty of promoting bigotry, sexism, homophobia, etc.). Islam has 1.6 billion adherents worldwide while Judaism has a comparatively tiny 14 million adherents worldwide. Islamic ideology is a major threat to modern society. As someone that has studied the Quran, the early Hadiths and Islamic jurisprudence (Shariah), I can say this with full confidence.