Islamophobia and Interfaith Efforts to Oppose It.

Islamophobia, the unreasoning fear of Islam, is a real thing. As an example, I offer this article about that controversy in a town in Florida that came from a photograph of a group of Muslim men exercising their constitutional right to pray.

There are individuals who profit--financially, politically, personally-- from peddling Islamophobia and pandering to the fears of the uninformed.

There has been a call for protests at mosques across America today. Link.

Fortunately there are interfaith groups actively working to counter them. Link.

On a related note, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks was interviewed on National Public Radio about his new book Not in God's Name. It is well worth a listen.