If Washington espouses the agenda of Islamists, it becomes part of the industry of Islamophobia -- create fear about religious persecution in order to support the political agenda of authoritarian Islamist factions
U.S. administration wrongly advocates the Islamist interpretation of Islamophobia
The State Department issued a report denouncing what it called "a spike in anti-Islamic sentiment in Europe and Asia." It said that "Muslims also faced new restrictions in 2012 in countries ranging from Belgium, which banned face-covering religious attire in classrooms, to India[,] where schools in Mangalore restricted headscarves."
