Republican nominee Donald Trump has called for Muslims to be banned from entering the US, and made it a centrepiece of his candidacy. Last week, in an interview with 60 Minutes, Trump called for "vetting" people hailing from countries with a history of "terror".
Other American politicians have followed suit: a few days ago, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said in an interview that people from a Muslim background should be tested to see if they believe in Sharia law, and be deported if they do. His comments, which came shortly after an attack in Nice, France, which left more than 80 people dead, were criticised by US President Barack Obama as "repugnant".
A recent report found that more than 70 groups in the US were contributing to some extent to propagating Islamophobia. The report, released by CAIR and the University of California Berkeley's Centre for Race and Gender, said 33 of those groups have a primary purpose of "promot[ing] prejudice against, or hatred of, Islam and Muslims".
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