By Dr Ilan Zvi Baron

Accusing minority groups of being a security risk because they are a minority group is not a new practice. Although most religious groups have been accussed of dual loyalty at some point we don't seem to learn from history. In Damascus in 1840, a Capuchin friar disappeared. A local Jewish barber was arrested and, after he was tortured, confessed to the disappearance. A mob subsequently attacked the local Jewish community and more Jews were arrested.

By Max Blumenthal

As the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, hysteria about Muslims in American life has gripped the country. With it has come an outburst of arson attacks on mosques, campaigns to stop their construction, and the branding of the overwhelmingly moderate Muslim-American community as a hotbed of potential terrorist recruits. The frenzy has raged from rural Tennessee to New York City, while in Oklahoma, voters even overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure banning the implementation of sharia law in American courts (not that such a prospect existed).