Special Report
Islamophobia: A Crisis of Hate Speech
Excerpts from this special report will be available on the website.
II. The Evolution of Islamophobia in American Culture
- Background
- The Emergence of a Distinctly American Form of Anti-Arab Stereotyping
- From Entertainment to Commentary, From Arabs to Muslims: The Counter-Intuitive Shift in American Defamation after 9/11
- Problem of Defamation is Worse Than Ever
III. Major Themes of Contemporary American Islamophobia
- Islam is bad
- There is or will be a "clash of civilizations"
- Europe has fallen to "the Muslims" due to immigration
- American Muslims are the "enemy within"
- Profiling and other forms of sweeping discrimination are the solution
- The prospect of mass internment
- Defining Islam in the most radical terms
IV. November 2006: Islamophobia Infiltrates Mainstream American Media
- "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" (Fox News Channel)
- Profiteers of Islamophobia
- Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
- Honestreporting.com
- Palestinian Media Watch
- Spokespersons of Islamophobia
- "Walid Shoebat"
- Nonie Darwish
- Brigitte Gabriel
- Mainstream Media Talking Heads
- Glenn Beck
