The anti-Muslim point has been made quite a few times on this site. I have no particular interest in defending religion of any kind, and especially not fanatics who oppress and murder; I just don't like inflammatory hate rhetoric of any kind, and I strongly disagree with a lot of the so-called "clash of the cultures" explanations developed over the last few years. As any simplistic theory, it allows targeting one single enemy to explain all evils. Scapegoat, anyone? Our world is somewhat more complex than this. And moderate, well-balanced Muslims exist. I know some. Imagine the uproar if Christianity was equaled to the most conservative Born-Again preachers.
Thanks for documenting your reply, James.
By the way, in August 1572 in France, close to 30,000 people were slaughtered because they were protestants, by their fellow-Christian Catholics. Talk about en masse.
I don't think this thread should even be here in the first place.