To many, this lack of inclusion in the education system is just the tip of the iceberg. Projects to build a number of mosques around the US have also shown the intolerance of the wider society.

A planned Islamic Center and Mosque just steps from Ground Zero is the biggest such project fueling resistance right now.

“Nobody in their right mind would ever have a problem with that, but of course the Islamophobes, including the people who have been brainwashed by the 9/11 inside job, the people who orchestrated it, will make sure there is a lot of controversy about it,” said radio host and Muslim Kevin Barrett.

The belief is growing that when Islam does turn radical, it is because US foreign policies create a vicious circle.

“Eighty percent of the soldiers in Iraq were asked, 'why are you here?' They said, ‘payback for 9/11,’ even though Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11,” said Schecheter.

“A person is radicalized not by the ideology of Islam, but by American foreign policies. And this is actually the objective of the 'terrorists:' To get the West to show its true face on the international arena, to show itself as an imperialist power, to show itself as an ideological power that is false. The more they suppress domestic rights, the more Muslims will take the view that we are at war with the West and so this is the number-one factor contributing to terrorism on the international arena,” said Younus Abdullah Muhammad, author of the website RevolutionMuslim.com

Gordon James Klingenschmitt of the Pray In Jesus Name Project argued that it is not merely Islamophobia, he believes in religious liberty but explained that there is a violent sect in Islam that should not be rewarded, for example with the building of a large mosque in New York City near ground zero.

“There is certainly a concern when they strap bombs to their chest or airplanes to their chest and they fly into the World Trade Center and they destroy and slaughter 2996 innocent American civilians, that we don’t want to now reward that kind of violence by building a 13 story mosque just two blocks away from ground zero where they murdered Americans in the name of a violent brand of Islam,” said Klingenschmitt.

Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesperson for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) argued however that no one was being rewarded with a large mosque; in fact, he contended that the project in New York was a community center for all faiths.

“We’re seeing opposition to mosques nationwide. You’re seeing oppositions not only to the Manhattan mosque, there’s opposition to a Staten Island, New York mosque, a Brooklyn mosque. We’re seeing opposition to mosques in Tennessee, Illinois and California,” said Hooper.

Hooper contends it is much bigger than the ‘ground zero mosque’ and that the fear of Islam is much greater, especially since the recent failed December bombing in Detroit.

Gordon argued that there are already “a hundred mosques in New York City” and that the ground zero mosque is a tower being built by foreign money. He likened it to Muslims building a mosque in Jerusalem and further argued that Muslims build mosques in cities they have conquered, using the historical examples of Constantinople and Jerusalem. Gordon also contended that the mosque will create an unsafe environment for New Yorkers.

Hooper called Gordon’s arguments nonsense and pandering. A poll of Manhattan residents showed that the city favors the mosque, argued Hooper. He further stated that there was no evidence of a threat or risk New Yorkers because of the mosque.