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rainheart-
A lot of very good points... many of which I tend to agree with outright. I think that you may be overanalyzing some of the comments made by other posters, however. I don't see a streak of anti-Muslim sentiment that you seem to be concerned with.
On that note, however, I do see a potential trend of anti-Muslim sentiment coming out of Western cultures and non-Islam cultures soon, if current events continue to push forward. As I've stated before, the Muslims that I have known through my life have been moderate, accepting and decent human beings. However, the extremists in Islam tend to be more extreme than the extremists in other religious groups. Sadly, I can easily see this turning into an outright holy war. A jihad from Islam, a crusade from The Vatican. I mean, that's what this is turning into, right? A clash of ideals, based primarily on religious beliefs. If it turns out this way, it will not be a political war like WWI and WWII. If the Middle East and the West clash again, it WILL be a holy war. And people will be drawn to sides, even those without religious bearing in the war, because they will fear for their lives against an enemy they harbor no malice against. Over time, that can turn fear can turn into malice, and a fervor unlike a political war could present itself. This is, of course, a worst case scenario. But a war based on divides that have no political boundaries will be far more devastating that one that does. Look at Iraq alone. Our war there is not against the Iraqi people, or Muslims or Kurds or Arabs or any set of specific people. It's not our uniform against theirs. It's not a border dispute or a war to gain control of rights. It's a battle with no easy end, no defined win-lose situation. Move that to the global arena and it's chaotic.
This is what I fear... and it could happen quicker than a lot of people seem to expect.
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