Islamophobia and Christophobia

Vincent J. Curtis

25 Dec 2015

Apologists for Islamic radicalism and supremacism often level the charge of Islamophobia.  This charge is employed to discredit the target of the accusation.  So effective these days is the mere accusation, that a person accused of Islamophobia is discredited without any form of due process or investigation into the validity of the charge.  What is practically never observed is the Christophobia inherent in Islam.

Simply put, Muslims are fearful of letting Jesus into their lives.

This ought to be strange, given that Islam regards Jesus as a prophet, and, in their eyes, a Muslim himself.  Muslims deny the divinity of Jesus, and regard the teachings and example of Mohammed as superseding those of Jesus, who preceded him.  They ought to have nothing to fear, yet Muslims do not let Jesus into their lives.

Why should this be so?

It is because they know that if they let Jesus into their lives they will cease to be Muslim.  Muslims have a well-known death-pact with each other.  In Islamic eyes, an apostate of Islam deserves death, and is liable to be killed by any Muslim.  Such a pact is a sign of the weakness of the idea.

In Christian history, heretics were met in the last instance by excommunication, that is, adherents of the heresy were read out of the church.  Heretics and apostates were denied the sacraments and other comforts of the Church, but murder never formed a part of the punishment for leaving the Church or for holding heretical views.

Muslims have a well-founded fear of letting Jesus into their lives.  They fear being murdered by other Muslims if they do so, a means of discipline not regarded as necessary in the Christian tradition.

Islam is inherently Christophobic.  Since it denies the divinity of Jesus, Islam could be said to be the ultimate Christian heresy.   A Muslim who lets Jesus into his life is liable to see through the heresy and thereby cease to be Muslim.  For Islam to sustain itself, it must be Christophobic and enforce a reciprocal death-pact among Muslims.

Next time you hear the charge of Islamophobia being leveled, keep in mind that the accuser might well be a Christophobe.

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