Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Religion & Law Blogs -> Religion Clause

Religion & Law

: Religion Clause

Time's Cover Story Asks Whether US Is Islamophobic

By Howard M. Friedman

The cover of this week's Time magazine features the question: "Is America Islamophobic?" The lead story, abridged online, observes in part:

Although the American strain of Islamophobia lacks some of the traditional elements of religious persecution ? there's no sign that violence against Muslims is on the rise, for instance ? there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that hate speech against Muslims and Islam is growing both more widespread and more heated. Meanwhile, a new TIME?Abt SRBI poll found that 46% of Americans believe Islam is more likely than other faiths to encourage violence against nonbelievers.

Accompanying the lead article is "A Brief History of Intolerance in America" and a video titled "Inside the Park51 Mosque" in which Muslims in Lower Manhattan discuss how Islam is viewed in the U.S.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on August 20, 2010 (boomark / email).