Numerous commentators have argued that, if the twentieth century was defined by problems of race and the color line, the twenty-first century will be defined by Islamophobia and the problem of integrating Muslims into modern, democratic societies, both in the West and in the Muslim world. … We need to expose the tactical ignorance, malign and benign, which suffuses educated opinion on all things Muslim in America.

Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ Th…, loc. 718