i reckon you wouldnt be so enthusiastic if this wasnt about muslims

 i disagree with you.

20 years ago people knew nothing about islam, it was one of those exotic religions, until 9/11.

but now, people are learning more and more, mainly thanks to internet. people started reading quran and hadiths and giving their opinions.

 a fantastic statement!

I disagree with you too. Christian and Muslim civilizations have known each other for at least one thousand years. I am copying the entire list of crusades many of which were fought between the Turks and European forces. These crusades serve the basis for East-West enmity.

Excerpts from Wikipedia (Crusades)

• 2.1 First Crusade 1095-1099
  • 2.1.1 Siege of Jerusalem
  • 2.1.2 Crusade of 1101
• 2.2 Second Crusade 1147–1149
• 2.3 Third Crusade 1187–1192
• 2.4 Fourth Crusade 1202–1204
• 2.5 Albigensian Crusade
• 2.6 Children´s Crusade
• 2.7 Fifth Crusade 1217–1221
• 2.8 Sixth Crusade 1228–1229
• 2.9 Seventh Crusade 1248–1254
• 2.10 Eighth Crusade 1270
• 2.11 Ninth Crusade 1271–1272
• 2.12 Northern Crusades (Baltic and Germany)
• 2.13 Other crusades
  • 2.13.1 Crusade against the Tatars
  • 2.13.2 Crusades in the Balkans
  • 2.13.3 Aragonese Crusade
  • 2.13.4 Alexandrian Crusade
  • 2.13.5 Hussite Crusade
  • 2.13.6 Swedish Crusades

Could your ealier post about US citizens (all 300+ million people, including 8+ million American Muslims and 3+ million American-Arabs) hating the guts of Iraqis be considered one of your iron-clad stereotypes that was injected into your mind? You´re right, question yourself first.

 i just dont understand why do you love censorship so much? why cant you stand other opinions?

btw, i completly agree with the opinions above you quoted.

i personally received hundreds of more disgusting comments from muslims (not on tc) where they threaten me describing how they would rape me (my whole family) and then torture me etc etc.

meanwhile i dont receive any life threatening comments or in that disgusting manner from christians even though i also fiercely debate with them on christianity.

vineyards, thats not simply true.

those who knew about islam were those who studied the oriental countries and did research works and wrote books.

people in europe knew nothing and still know almost nothing about islam, most of them simply dont care for any religion at all.

muslims too know nothing about christianity, all they know about it is crusades and a hatred towards christians.

vineyards, its no good to claim untrue things as true on the basis of a small group who had some ideas on both religions.

anything else except crusades? you are just proving my statement. the muslim world knows nothing about christianity except crusades.

and im so glad the crusades stopped the islamic flood, otherwise we would still be in bazars selling rugs trying to fly on them.

Thank you for personally accusing me. The problem is you are not making a point. You seem to be suggesting that I am making false generalizations... Well, if I said, 300 million Americans plus all those minorities you named are in peaceful terms with the Iraqis that would be another generalization. Sometimes, we need to base our arguments on what we observe. It was a mere observation nothing more. Having been here for some time, I know how easily people turn this into an East-West conflict.

I am beginning to think, you take offense so easily.

Femmous who built the entire foreign policies of both Western and Eastern countries we are talking about? We are talking about the actions of governments in relation to one another not what some taxi driver rants about Islam. 

Now in the intelligent point of view in Europe is pro-freedom, individualism and consumption. Policies are being shaped to improve society in these respects. Therefore, no matter who you are you become a part of it.  It is no surprise that there is usually a common foreign enemy who can be cursed freely.

If your leader calls you to unite against a common enemy telling lies about the intentions of this make-believe opponent, all the red necks in the country turn this into physical acts of violence against muslims.

Dear Femmous, you are wrong again. You should study history. Just check out the year when the crusades end, that marks the beginning of invasion of the Balkans up-to Vienna by Turks.