It is very easy to make wild generalizations about Islam. All you have to do is read almost any issue of The New Republic and you'll see there the radical evil that's associated with Islam, the Arabs as having a depraved culture, and so forth. These are impossible generalizations to make in the United States about any other religious or ethnic group.

Culture and Resistance: Conversations with Edward W. Said (ed. Pluto Press, 2003) - ISBN: 9780745320175