I'm talking about the rise of Islamophobia in the west. You're talking about something else.
Buddy there was virtually no islmaphobia prior to 9/11. I remember the worst thing a white nationalist could call anybody was a black/**** B**tard. There was no such attack on anybody's faith, religious customs, buildings or dress. Such things never existed. I gather certain incidents created a division between Muslims and non Muslims but it initially dovisions started to appear in the year 2000 when people protested in the UK about Israles treatment of the Palestinians and the intifada.
Yes and no. Internet debates and tv shows, contribute to propaganda war, so they have a practical value to that extent.