▁industry ▁in ▁which ▁Muslim s ▁are ▁often ▁associated ▁with ▁terror ism , ▁such ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁movie ▁The ▁Sie ge . ▁Some ▁critics ▁of ▁this ▁movie ▁have ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁manner ▁in ▁which ▁Islam ▁is ▁port rayed ▁in ▁this ▁film ▁only ▁fur thers ▁the ▁s tere ot ype ▁that ▁Muslim s ▁in ▁are ▁correl ated ▁with ▁terror ism ▁and ▁sav ag ery . ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁Center ▁for ▁American ▁Progress ▁published ▁F ear , ▁Inc .: ▁The ▁Ro ots ▁of ▁the ▁Islam oph ob ia ▁Network ▁in ▁America . ▁The ▁goal ▁of ▁the ▁report ▁was ▁to ▁expose ▁the ▁organizations , ▁sch ol ars , ▁p und its ▁and ▁activ ists ▁that ▁compr ised ▁a ▁network ▁dedicated ▁to ▁the ▁spread ▁of ▁mis information ▁and ▁propag anda ▁about ▁American ▁Muslim s ▁and ▁Islam . ▁The ▁report ▁found ▁that ▁seven ▁char itable ▁found ations ▁spent ▁$ 4 2 . 6 ▁million ▁between ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁spread ▁of ▁anti - Mus lim ▁r het or ic . ▁The ▁efforts ▁of ▁a ▁small ▁cadre ▁of ▁fund ers ▁and ▁mis information ▁exper ts ▁were ▁ampl ified ▁by ▁an ▁echo ▁chamber ▁of ▁the ▁religious ▁right , ▁conserv ative ▁media , ▁grass ro ots ▁organizations , ▁and ▁polit icians ▁who ▁sought ▁to ▁introduce ▁a ▁fr inge ▁perspective ▁on ▁American ▁Muslim s ▁into ▁the ▁public ▁disc ourse . ▁A ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Gall up ▁poll ▁has