Oath in Quaran and Islamophobia

Keith Ellison the first Muslim congress man who has been elected in the recent mid term election in U.S.A in January 3rd 2007 during ceremonial swearing took an oath in Quaran. This African American congress man who is the target of two discriminations; skin color and his religion was brave enough to start his responsibility with relying on God's versus. Interestingly, the Quaran that he sweared to was owned by Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of United States. Ellison borrowed the holy book form the library of Congress.
Keith Ellison's practice created many discussions in U.S. Some who are cons believed that the congress will have more Muslim congressmen/women in future and they will follow him. This is by the way that the Christian congressmen take their oath in bible. The Virginia representative Virgil Goode released an Islamophobic letter to CNN on Wednesday that made Council on American-Islamic Relations to ask Goode to apologize. This letter was a critic to Ellison's oath in Quaran. Goode claimed that they have to make new strict laws against immigrants specially the one who are from Middle East. He is also frightened about Muslim's immigration to United Sates in the next century. This message indicated the intolerance of some politicians in U.S about other religions and ideologies. Part of this intolerance might rooted in 9/11 that now islamopohbia is becoming very common.
Islamopohbia is a controversial neologism defined as the phenomenon of prejudice against or demonization of Muslims, which manifests itself in general negative attitudes, violence, harassment, discrimination, and stereotyping (particularly vilification in the media. This term goes back to 1980 and early 1990 and reinforced from 9/11. Jehanzeb Hasan, a research assistant at California State University, argues that Islamophobes are actually reacting to "Osamaism", not Islam. He believed that islamophobia is not racism because Islam is a religion and the adherence to it a matter of choice and islamophobia is a tired catchphrase.
Ellison's action had an islamophobic reaction for his cons. What he did is very positive and brave. It has a message of good news for discriminated people in U.S that they will have space in higher positions of American hierarchy. He is a hope for the people of minority groups but a threat to Anti- Muslim Americans.