I'm always interested in anything going on in other cultures/countries (my basic knowledge of Ramadan is just that people fast during the day during the month).

As far as Islamaphobia, I think it's from a mix of people generally forming and perpetuating opinions of groups based on the worst actions by any members of them, and the vested interest folks in power have in having folks focus hatred on an outsider group (instead of on the folks in power).