Emerson has been criticized for espousing Islamophobic views by Islamic studies sholars such as Juliane Hamer and Omid Safi , with German media scholar Kai Hafez , and Carl Ernst naming Emerson along with Daniel Pipes as the two most prominent Islamophobic voices in the US . Emerson responded to these and similar characterizations in an op-ed for Fox News , stating that criticism of Islam labeled as Islamphophia , and the labeling of " Islamic terrorism " as a racist generalization of Muslims , is " one of the biggest and most dangerous national security frauds of the past 30 years . " Emerson 's work was cited as an instance of poor reporting on Islam in the Sut Jhally film about Edward Said 's '' Orientalism '' , specifically his claim after the Oklahoma City bombing that the municipality was a center of Muslim extremism
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
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