There is that... There is also... Allowing idiotic levels of mass-immigration, importing hordes and hordes of people into (especially) Europe that typically profess themselves to Islam. As a result Islam has been imported back into existence again in Europe - after having been rejected and resisted for more then 1300 years in war - this by the nations of Europe! It is just insane... And remember, for each and every Muslim you can find in the US - Europe have 5...
The result? Islamic shadow-societies are growing like crazy all over (western) Europe - there it is Islam and sharia that is the norm. This is a matter of fact in France, the UK, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Sweden and there are plenty of clips of that, all over YouTube. This circumstance might also play a part in the increasing intolerance and dislike generated towards Islam - as it gets ever harder to ignore it (Islam) in public. Its agents are repeatedly claiming an ever increasing part/space of public life with public manifestations, special rules, special clothes, special food, special treatment and tolerance etc etc). We should supposedly adjust to them. While they (or rather way too many) clearly and repeatedly fail (or just ignore) to adjust to us - the people of the host-nations they are mere guests in. Its arrogant and disrespectful in the extreme. That too might be another cause as for why people are getting increasingly negative towards Islam, I think. Obviously, there are other reasons as well - some are good/solid, others are not...
Anyways, I will re-post some other comments I previously made about "Islamophobia" as a concept...
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