Thinking Aloud

Islamophobia: An irrational fear that has fed violence

Islamophobia divides societies, but as Christchurch shows, it can and has to be challenged

Singapore Editor
  • Published
    Mar 24, 2019, 5:00 am SGT
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The term Islamophobia first appeared in the pages of this newspaper 21 years ago, in December 1997, in an article titled, "World faces a resurgent Islam".

The piece, first published in The Sunday Times of London, was written after 62 people were killed at a tourist spot in Luxor, Egypt, by an Islamist militant group. It looked at how Islam has long been associated with violence - unfairly and sometimes out of proportion.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on March 24, 2019, with the headline 'An irrational fear that has fed violence'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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