Paul Sheehan - Islamophobia is a fabrication

Paul Sheehan, in today's Sydney Morning Herald, put together a piece arguing whether the Muslim community have the right to claim they are hard done by in Sydney. Are shootings, gang rapes, drug trading and inadequate leadership enough to give Islam a bad name? The bulk of Sheehan's article is a shopping list of very public crimes and controversies that have taken place over the last five years and the piece is more exasperation than journalism. Sheehan is suggesting that yes there are issues, however the Islamic community should not adopt a victim mentality, or feel hard done by, given the aforementioned  list of real evidence to suggest that maybe its a case of smoke/fire. Unfortunately Sheehan doesn't suggest any solutions for the issues of unifying cultural identity, tainting of public perception and protecting the image of the majority of Muslims who are not involved in the culture of violence. These leaves the article sounding like a frustrated rant.

"Given the abundant evidence of violent cause and fearful effect, involving a small percentage of antagonists, the general charge of Islamophobia is an ideological fabrication." (Article)