ifying ▁themselves ▁as ▁Muslim s . ▁ ▁The ▁fact ▁that ▁rac ists ▁are ▁also ▁Islam oph ob ic ▁is , ▁I ' m ▁afraid , ▁irrelevant . ▁They ▁are , ▁first ▁and ▁for em ost , ▁rac ists . ▁By ▁attack ing ▁Islam , ▁they ▁are ▁target ing ▁foreign ers ▁or ▁people ▁of ▁foreign ▁origin . ▁But ▁by ▁foc using ▁only ▁on ▁their ▁Islam oph ob ia , ▁we ▁are ▁minim izing ▁the ▁danger ▁of ▁rac ism . ▁The ▁anti - rac ist ▁campaign ers ▁of ▁old ▁are ▁in ▁danger ▁of ▁becoming ▁o vers pe cial ized ▁n iche ▁ret ail ers ▁in ▁a ▁minor ity ▁form ▁of ▁disc rim ination . ▁ ▁... ▁ ▁However , ▁why ▁do ▁the ▁cart oon ists ▁of ▁Charlie ▁Heb do , ▁who ▁know ▁that ▁their ▁draw ings ▁will ▁be ▁explo ited ▁by ▁the ▁media , ▁by ▁the ▁ret ail ers ▁of ▁anti - I sl am oph ob ia , ▁by ▁far - right ▁Muslim s ▁and ▁national ists , ▁ins ist ▁on ▁drawing ▁Moh amed ▁and ▁other ▁" s ac red " ▁symbols ▁of ▁Islam ? ▁Sim ply ▁because ▁the ▁Charlie ▁Heb do ▁draw ings ▁do ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁vast ▁majority ▁of ▁Muslim s ▁as ▁their ▁target . ▁We ▁believe ▁that ▁Muslim s ▁are ▁capable ▁of ▁recogn ising ▁a ▁tongue - in - che ek . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁Islam oph ob ia ▁ ▁Islam oph ob ia ▁in ▁Australia ▁ ▁Islam oph ob ia ▁in ▁Canada ▁ ▁Islam oph ob ia ▁in ▁Norway