Read this important new study on Islamophobia by Wajahat Ali, editor of White Cloud's forthcoming I Speak for Myself: American Men on Being Muslim

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/08/islamophobia.html

... this core group of deeply intertwined individuals and organizations manufacture and exaggerate threats of “creeping Sharia,” Islamic domination of the West, and purported obligatory calls to violence against all non-Muslims by the Quran. This network of hate is not a new presence in the United States. Indeed, its ability to organize, coordinate, and disseminate its ideology through grassroots organizations increased dramatically over the past 10 years.