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How the Charge of ‘Islamophobia’ Silences Critics of Political Islamism

How the Charge of ‘Islamophobia’ Silences Critics of Political Islamism
A man places flowers near the crime scene where Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Nov. 2, 2004. Michel Porro/Getty Images
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It’s been just over six months since the Oct. 7 attacks on Israeli soil, and the debate around Islamism has returned to Western political discourse—along with the accusation of “Islamophobia” repeatedly and callously hurled.

Chuong Nguyen
Chuong Nguyen
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Chuong Nguyen is a research associate with the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy and a Canadian expat and graduate student in American Studies at the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest, Hungary.