Islamophobia Continued

Tonight I watched a debate on Bloomberg Television. The two sides argued whether Islam is a religion of peace. The side arguing that it is not won. My disappointment came not from the outcome but from the debate. I wonder if there could have been a debate on whether, Catholicism is a religion of pedophilia, Judaism a religion of greed, Hinduism is a religion of socio-economic discrimination or whether atheists are immoral or African Americans lazy. Certainly within all group there are sexually depraved, greedy, bigoted, immoral and lazy people as there are extremely violent ones. In today’s environment it is OK to have “frank” discussions about Islam in a national forum but I doubt whether the same could be had about any other group.