You don’t have to be Muslim to be the target of Islamophobia.
![Members of the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism hold a rally in Melbourne, Australia in 2015 [Getty]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/0091d135e16f4e90971a501b98a3fc53_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Yasir Suleiman is acting president of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.
You don’t have to be Muslim to be the target of Islamophobia.
![Members of the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism hold a rally in Melbourne, Australia in 2015 [Getty]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/0091d135e16f4e90971a501b98a3fc53_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Who will rescue Western societies from their Islamophobes?
![Children from Al-Rahmah school and other guests react after seeing President Barack Obama during his visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/e12c6508e87746deaa4ab84cb6c488fa_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)