Essay:Islamojealousy
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Islamojealousy refers to the jealousy felt by reactionaries in Western countries (particularly white men) towards Islamic Extremists and repressive aspects of Islamic/Middle-Eastern society such as Islamic heteropatriarchy and or Islamic Theocracy. Islamojealousy doesn't imply an admiration for Islam or Muslim people, on the contrary people it goes hand in hand with Islamophobia.
Islamojealousy emerges in part due to similarities between Islamism and the Western Far-Right, particularly in regards to their views on women and sexuality. Islamojealous are typically anti-feminist, homophobic, and transphobic.
Fatwa envy and "Muslims would kill you"[edit]
One indicator of Islamojealousy from a person is if they complain that criticisms of their religion or political beliefs is wrong because the criticism would never be directed at Muslims for fear of violence or because it would be politically incorrect. This particular fallacious argument already has it's own RW page so I'm not going to describe it in depth.
A similar indicator of Islamojealousy can be found in responses given to a queer person who says something in support of Muslim people. The responses usually goes something like this. "Why would you defend Muslims they would kill you for being gay?" or contains some suggestion that the queer/feminist in question move to a Middle Eastern country (usually Saudi Arabia) and saying if the queer/feminist went there, they would be killed and or raped. This response isn't a condemnation of Islamic violence or repression but a condemnation of empathy towards Muslims.
If you want to see examples of this argument then check out the comment section on Riley Dennis's video "Why would a queer person support Muslims?" and then if you want to see a response to this argument, I suggest you actually watch the video.
The Black Brute and the White Cuck[edit]
Islam isn't a race, as Muslims can belong to any ethnicity, but Islamophobia and Islamojealousy are heavily tied into anti-black racism and racism against Arabs in particular. One peculiar aspect of anti-black racism in America is that black men are demonized by attributing to them traits which would be considered virtues if only they were possessed by a white man. Black men are stereotyped as hypermasculine, physically powerful, sexually dominant, and aggressive. These are all traits which members of the Alt-Right shame their fellow white men for not possessing, white men who lack these qualities are "soy boys" "Betas" and "cucks".
For an Islamophobe/Islamojealous being Muslism implicitly means being dark-skinned and therefore these stereotypes are applied.
the Degeneracy of the Modern West and the Noble Savagery of the Middle East[edit]
The Islamojealous sees Islam as a threat and certainly hates Muslims but also sees Western Civilization as having grown weaker, having been corrupted and degenerate, probably by the machinations of Jews.
The Middle-East in contrast is seen as a primitive violent wasteland filled with evil barbarians but also as a place uncorrupted by feminism, post-modernism, LGBT rights, and other moral failings of the Modern West. In other words Muslims are seen as both the enemy and as Noble Savages.