Islamophobia in US Election Campaign: Why Muslims Have Become a Key Issue

It is being described by sections of the US media as America's autumn of Islamophobia. It began with Republican Presidential candidate Ben Carson saying that a Muslim should not be the President of the United States. It was followed by Donald Trump who did not refute a man who got up at a Townhall meeting and said President Barack Obama was a Muslim, and basically saying America was better off without the Muslim community.