Anti-Iranian sentiment

Anti-Iranian sentiment, Anti-Persian sentiment or Iranophobia refers to feelings and expression of hostility, hatred, discrimination, or prejudice towards Iran and its culture, and towards persons based on their association with Iran and Iranian culture. Its opposite is Persophilia.

Historically, prejudice against Iranians (Persians) was prominent in the Arab World, particularly on the part of Arabs following the Muslim conquest of Persia.

The word "ʻajam" is derived from the root ʻ-J-M and refers to "unclear, vague and/or incomprehensible" as opposed to ʻArabi, which means "clear, understandable, with perfect Arabic tongue".

ʻAjam came to mean "one who mumbles" (کند زبانان) (similar to the Slavic use of words with the root нѣм- (něm-) ("mute") to refer to the Germans) and came to be "applied especially to Persians". To Persian eyes and in Persian sources,

The distinction of ʻArab and ʻAjam is already discernible in pre- and early Islamic literature Cf. the ʻAjam Temtemī.

In general, ajam was a pejorative term, used by Arabs because of their contrived social and political superiority in early Islam.

However, Arabic dictionaries state that the word ʻajami is used for all non-Arabs, a term used by Ibn Khaldun in his Muqaddimah. Although

In Arabic linguistic usage, the non-Arabs designated by the term 'ajam are primarily Persians.

and it is believed that Ibn Khaldun in speaking of ʻajam had meant Persians.

Wahhabi Arabs use slurs against Persians by calling them "fire worshipers" and "majoos", "majus" (ماجوس) which means Zoroastrians, Magi.

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