Schama: Islamophobia Recalls anti-Catholic, Anti-Jewish Nativism of America’s Past

Juan Cole 09/14/2010

Historian Simon Schama explains the outburst of anti-Muslim bigotry in contemporary US society on CNN. Yay for Schama and kudos to CNN for seeking out a historian’s view.

I made a similar point last week in this post: “They used to burn Catholic Churches, now they Burn Mosques”

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan and an adjunct professor, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University. He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page