# Zak Asplin says Islamophobia is neither irrational fear nor prejudice

Zak Asplin denies that [Islamophobia](https://ispu.org/poll/american-muslim-poll-2025-full-report-4/) is irrational or prejudiced, presenting hostility toward Islam as justified. Read alongside his calls to exclude every Muslim, the statement rationalizes the anti-Muslim exclusion expressed elsewhere in this archive.

## Archived quotation

> Islamophobia is not an irrational fear or a prejudice.

[Archived source](https://web.archive.org/web/20260101024208if_/https://twitter.com/ZakAsplin/status/2006556517668106581)

Timestamp recorded by the archive: 2025-12-31T21:42:08-05:00. This is not the publication date of this archive page.



[HTML entry](https://zakasplin.com/posts/islamophobia-not-irrational-fear-or-prejudice/)



## Source and context

This short statement addresses whether Islamophobia is irrational or prejudiced. The related exclusion statement supplies a separate example of what Asplin said about Muslims; it is a distinct post, not part of this quotation.

Related context: [his statement calling for every Muslim to leave](https://zakasplin.com/posts/i-want-every-muslim-out-of-my-country/); [the Geert Wilders repost](https://zakasplin.com/posts/geert-wilders-grok-muhammed-image-repost/).