By Dr. Aslam Abdullah

Islam bashing, Islamophobia and Hate Islam are a deliberate campaign led by some journalists, religious fanatics and liberal as well as conservative commentators.

They want to denounce Islam as a barbaric religion promoting violence and hatred against non Muslims.

Ironically, the campaign is centered in a country where Muslims have been the most peaceful citizens for the last several centuries despite the fact that they were subject to all sorts of persecution.

African Muslim slaves were forced to convert to Christianity and many of them were killed for refusing to succumb to the wishes of their masters.

Yet, none of the descendents of those persecuted Muslims ever indulged in reciprocating the acts of barbarism, their forefathers had undergone.

Since September 11, the peaceful community of Muslim Americans has been subject to all kinds of accusation and persecution.

According to an estimate, more than 70,000 Muslim households have been visited by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies since September 11, more than one million have been subject to profiling and more than 30,000 have been detained under some pretext.

In the media, some 80,000 articles and programs have been presented against Islam. Islam bashers, on an average, spend approximately 6 hours daily on radio or television attacking Islam.

Moreover, more than a million Muslim men, women, children or those who look like Muslims such as Sikhs or the Hispanics have been subject to verbal and in some cases physical abuse in the last six years.

The burning or bombing of mosques and attacks on Muslim homes are an ongoing part of this persecution.

This is happening despite the fact that since September 11, Muslims have organized more than 3,000 interfaith forums denouncing terrorism and loudly condemning groups such as al Qaeda.

In fact during the last 66 months, in more than 2,000 places of worship where Friday prayers are held regularly, Muslim religious scholars and leaders have spoken against violence and terrorism at least 10 times a year, on an average.

In other words, every year, Muslim leaders in more than 2,000 places of worship have spoken at least 20,000 times in a year on issues such as appreciating the founding principals of America, and unjustified terrorism and violence against Americans.

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