I disagree with combining them with race, I do not, have not nor ever have taken a position in regards to these matters on the basis of race. I would like to see the point where I meld them together. Call me anti-Islam by all means because I am anti-Religious; but not so that I would see peoples freedom to believe whatever mythology they want to regardless of how stupid - provided it does not infringe on any other individuals rights, but any charge of racism or even anti-Muslim sentiment on that basis is in my own personal opinion that belief in a supernatural being is flawed.
I may combine terrorism and Islam together because as an ideology Islamist terrorists are religiously minded and their motivation is justified by their scripture ~ that is in many ways a fault inherent in religion in general and something that deserves serious attention. It's one thing to say that Islamist terrorists are not following Islam or that they are corrupting the teachings of the prophet but it is almost a willfull naiviete that would completely dissociate them from any part of the religion and completely ignore the religious components of their justifications (somehow the concept of righteous religious hatred is lost on most people these days, well unless were talking about the gays).
In regards to my posts in general I have posted numerous examples of the "unexpected terrorist", the usual mix of women, westerners and nice normal young men who all seem to have affiliations with the same groups, be it Muslim Brotherhood or Hizb ut-Tahir, I think it comes across in an abundantly clear way that I do not see Islam as a monolithic entity - but I do say that there are groups that would desire it to be, to have their own world peace through a global house of islam. And they are the people that go about blowing up innocent people, and enforcing their own retrograde social rules upon human beings when they acheive power (such as in Afghanistan under the Taliban or Fallujah). And just reading through the various declarations made by these groups and the stated goals (such as the recently found "project" document in Switzerland during a raid on Yousef Nada's Villa outlining how the Muslim Brotherhood can bring about their own style of Islamic dominance over the world through social, economic and military means).
I feel that freedom of speech is the first liberty that is being eroded by Islamist groups and those well intentioned people who want to see harmony. An allegation of racism is a very effective means of silencing debate, the perception that criticism of a religion is racist enables such speech to be legislated against. That protection from criticism will be used by those that would want to do damage and in the end everybody looses out. I don't criticise all Muslims over terrorism, I will criticise specific Islamic leaders who make public statements in a duplicitous manner, or groups with aims and objectives that would undermine a pluralist and secural society that I and most other human beings living here enjoy, and those who actively grant them support. That type of speech might as well be the same as "all Muslims are goatfuckers who should go back to the desert where they belong" (to pull an example from the late Theo van Gough - an offensive, bigoted screed coming from a bore) if it can all be labelled as racist. People should judge the speech by its merits or lack thereof, and reflexive cries of racism is the trump card in stopping this.
he´s a big republican teddybear selling SUVs. there´s absolutely nothing we can do to change his mind. I kicked him out of a jeep once - zilch effect (the good old times) 
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