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Islamophobia in America: how tolerant are we?
As Americans, we pride ourselves on our commitment to religious freedom. Yet, from furor over the so-called ‘Ground Zero mosque’ to a mosque building project in Temecula, there is a growing sense that Islamophobia is on the rise in the United States, as splashed across the cover of this week's Time. Is the U.S. a place where religious pluralism can thrive? How tolerant are we?
As Americans, we pride ourselves on our commitment to religious freedom. Yet, from furor over the so-called ‘Ground Zero mosque’ to a mosque building project in Temecula, there is a growing sense that Islamophobia is on the rise in the United States, as splashed across the cover of this week's Time. Is the U.S. a place where religious pluralism can thrive? How tolerant are we?
Guests:
Steven Cuevas, KPCC Inland Empire Reporter
Mark Potok, Director of the Intelligence Project, Southern Poverty Law Center
Zareena Grewal, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Religious Studies, and Director of the Center for the Study of American Muslims for the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Yale University