About antimuslim bigotry in the west. This is just over an hour. [applause] well, thank you very much, mark, for that great introduction. And i want to thank the seminary coo open for making it possible and also especially thank you for being here. Im overwhelmed to see so many people. Because my main hope is to engage with you and spend at least a half hour on q a, im going speak briefly and what im going to do is introduce the book in a general way and focus on just one section about the bands in europe. Once, not very long ago, americans and europeans prided themselves on their enlightened attitudes of religious toleration and understanding. Although everyone knew that the history of the west was characterized by intense religious animosity and violence including such bloody episodes as the crusades and the wars of religion. But including as well, the quiter violence of colonial rebelling use domination by europeans in many parts of the world and added antiseminism and the gnat disi