Notes

The terrorist attacks and the reaction against these attacks have build up an anti-immigrant sentiment among the citizens of the westerly nations. These attacks and the idea of 'Muslim Terrorism' is not the only factor responsible for promotion of the idea of Islamophobia. Some time this year, Taharrush, which is a 'game' mainly of sexual assaults against women, was at its peak. It did not just take place in countries with Islamic domination but also in countries like Germany. However, the root of this game could be traced to the Islam dominated countries. Such games, attacks and things, I believe, do nothing but promote anti-Islamic sentiments. People fail to register the fact that religion is not promoting these tragedies. People, wearing the garb of religion, are doing so. In a surrounding, where Muslims are discriminated against, where every Muslim is seen as a terrorist, where people suspect a person wearing a Burkha and where one person is forced to get off an airplane just because he's a Muslim and others feel terrorized of him, what would one do but flee that unwelcoming surrounding? But there are not many nations who welcome these people with open arms. These immigrants think of Middle East countries as a safer home to find refuge since they're Islam majority nations. At a point of time, notably after 1973, , foreign labor was very popular in the Middle East since they were comparatively cheaper. However, the same condition does not sustain today with such intensity. Compared to the West, Islamophobia is equal to nothing in the Middle Eastern nations. Consequentially, Xenophobia, which is defined as