Fear and distrust? Why do they always say fear? It ain't fear, it's loathing and distrust.
"A poll carried out by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an advocacy group, found that for one in three Americans, the word Islam triggers negative connotations such as "war," "hatred" and "terrorist." The war in Iraq has contributed to such perceptions."
No, its not the war in Iraq, its 9/11, USS Cole and countless other terrorist attacks.