Mainstream America is not Islamophobic

         From the moment New York City's Landmarks Commission ruled that a building can be torn to clear the way to build a Muslim cultural centre and a mosque in lower Manhattan-everyone has some say about it.Two most used words in context to this ongoing debate are"Bigots"and 'Islamophobia. These are mpt the words of the common masses.Most Americans do not like bickering about religion.I taught in three different Parochial schools in Washington DC to know enough about how educated Americans of all religius  background feel.They want people to live in peace side by side,irrespective of their religion.It is those people who use offensive words to describe another religion-are nothing but ihnorant.Media also plays a pivotal part as to how those views are publicised .American media is often anti-Islam.It is also the failure of each leadership in American politics who failed to practice religious tolerance.Let this debate about the mosque that is yet to go up in New York-be a learning lesson.I pray that Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf and his wife Daisy Khan can carry out their plan of building that mosque in lower Manhattan.As a Sufi Muslim Rauf can teach America about tolerance-not violence.