id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-429 Islamophobia in the United States - Wikipedia .html text/html 7895 857 63 Islamophobia in the United States can be described as the affective distrust and hostility towards Muslims, Islam, and those perceived as following the religion and or appear as members of the religion and its associative groups.[1] This social aversion and bias is facilitated and perpetuated by violent and uncivilized stereotypes portrayed in various forms of American media networks and political platforms that result in the marginalization, discrimination, and exclusion of the Muslims and Muslim perceived individuals.[2] Media and politicians capitalize on public fear and distrust of Muslims through laws that target Muslims, while the media emphasizes Muslim religious extremism in association with violent activity.[1] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-429.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-429.txt