We've always had anti-Muslim bigots, but they've always been at the fringes of society.

We've seen a tremendous rise in the level of anti-Muslim bigotry in our society - and against minorities of all kinds - but we've also seen a tremendous rise in support.

Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.

We have expressed the Muslim community's concerns about a variety of images of the Prophet Mohammed, whether it be in textbooks, editorial cartoons or even in the Supreme Court.

We want to discuss the implications and impact of the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed and try to come up with initiatives to help calm the situation.

We had another report of a Sikh man being pulled off a train, I think between here and New York, just because of his looks,