Time's Cover Story Asks Whether US Is Islamophobic

The cover of this week's Time magazine features the question: "Is America Islamophobic?" The lead story, abridged online, observes in part:

Although the American strain of Islamophobia lacks some of the traditional elements of religious persecution — there's no sign that violence against Muslims is on the rise, for instance — there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that hate speech against Muslims and Islam is growing both more widespread and more heated. Meanwhile, a new TIME–Abt SRBI poll found that 46% of Americans believe Islam is more likely than other faiths to encourage violence against nonbelievers.

Accompanying the lead article is "A Brief History of Intolerance in America" and a video titled "Inside the Park51 Mosque" in which Muslims in Lower Manhattan discuss how Islam is viewed in the U.S.