Is a negative opinion of Islam really evidence of bigotry?  By
on Oct 21, 2010 at 1:23pm in Uncategorized with 106 Comments  In
“Does a negative opinion of Islam amount to conclusive evidence
of bigotry?,” October 20, Michael Medved pierces through today’s
propaganda fog with some observations that take on a new
significance with the Juan Williams imbroglio:  Those who warn
of a raging frenzy of American “Islamophobia” base their case on
the assumption that anything less than enthusiastic approval of
The Religion of Peace automatically qualifies as hate-mongering
and ignorance. On ABC News, Christiane Amanpour pointed to
recent survey figures on public uneasiness with Islam to prove
that Muslim Americans faced an unprecedented tsunami of
hostility and discrimination. Actually, the Washington Post/ABC
poll she repeatedly cited hardly indicated seething, volcanic
anti-Muslim sentiment: less than half the public (49%) held
generally “unfavorable” views of Islam, while fully 37% felt
favorably disposed toward Kor