The issue of whether the media promotes negative stereotypes of Islam or suffers from political correctness divides many New Yorkers. NY1's Ruschell Boone filed the third part of her five-part series on New York City's Muslim community.

In the wake of several recent high-profile terrorism cases, some Muslims describe media coverage of their religion and their community as unfair and unbalanced.

"What happens is you have a lot of cases in the media, a lot of times the whole entire Muslim community is criminalized," says organizer Marjon Kashani of Desis Rising Up and Moving.

They say the Islamic community in New York City and the United States is extremely diverse, with many different points of view.

"Muslims are different. Everybody has their own ideology, their beliefs, their own goals and ambition," says Mehwish Sarwari of Women for Afghan Women.

While Muslims complain the media is insensitive towards them, there is also a backlash from people who say they media is too soft on the Muslim community because of political correctness.

"I don't fear Muslims. I fear [political correctness], and it's called 'suicide by PC' because we are going to PC some real terrorist," says Bob Doocey of Middle Village, Queens.

Doocey, a longtime community activist, expresses what he says is a commonly-held view among his friends and neighbors. Yet he says many are reluctant to express such views publicly for fear of being labeled anti-Muslim.

"The terrorists who come here are indeed Muslims. Again, they're not Irish, they're not English, they are not Scandinavian," says Doocey.

Fellow Middle Village activist Lorraine Sciulli is on the same page.

"When you see pictures of the terrorists, and you know that they are all Muslims, it's very hard to not look at a Muslim and say, 'Is that a terrorist?'" says Sciulli. "It's not right, it's not the American way, and I will admit that. But I think when that's all you see, if you have a normal intelligence, you can't think another way."

Unlike some people, Sciulli isn't afraid to speak her mind.

"Anytime you see people walking around with their faces all covered and their bodies all covered up in a place called America, it's a little frightening and it's a little new," says Sciulli. "Do I think everyone who is a Muslim is a terrorist? No."

Still, when many in the Muslim community hear opinions like that, it has them concerned.

"We are scared right now to walk on the street with the hijab [tradition women's headscarf] and the Afghan clothes," says Shakila Hamidi of Women for Afghan Women.

Such fears seem to be growing each day between Muslims and non-Muslims.