" From the Crusades to the Holocaust to the Cold War to the current “clash of civilizations,” the demonization of “the other” has played a central and nefarious role in justifying the most evil human enterprises. Instead of finding common ground with those of different beliefs, backgrounds, and cultures than ourselves, we crow these days about our American “exceptionalism” and seek to impose our values on those who reject them. This is the pathway to permanent war—a path that has led to enormous wealth and power for the few, and deepening misery for the rest of humanity. "

― Arsalan Iftikhar , Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies and Threatens Our Freedoms