I have had alot of experiences with this

i have to admit I have turned away many arab and pakistani men in this business...had nothing to do persay with their race but there attitudes and the very innapropriate things that they said. I also have accepted many clients of arabic descent and alot of indian clients of various religions...I seem to appeal to them physically and when I was working in clubs dancing they were attracted to me like flies. Problem is many of them really have a disturbing view about women, Some of them dont. When I danced in Guam the indonesian men were not good customers at all but I really felt that that was just a cultural problem and not anything at all to do with their faith...actually I don't even know which ones were muslim and which weren't. I do have a huge problem with the way that countries that govern themselves by muslim law treat their women. Some of the worst atrocities towards women and children occur in these countries. I have even had avery good girlfriend from kuwait who ran for her life after her sister was killed by her uncle for being raped. He poisoned her and Manal was very afraid of the same fait happening to her because she refused the man her brother had set her up to marry in the united states. She was payment for half of a gas station in michigan and was forced to be his sexual companion and basic all around slave. When he started beating her she tried to leave and her brother put her on a plan to kuwait the very next day. She lied and forged documents from her father to get out of the country and came back and married a nice navy guy and became a stripper. We would work vegas and san diego together and arabic customers where a substantial part of our business. they had no idea she was kuwaiti and the one time she told a guy she was he slapped her and was kicked out of the crazy horse too in vegas for it. The things they would say about us in arabic while they were sitting right in front of us were very disturbing and if Manal got up and gave me the look we would just leave.
 On the other hand my ex of five years is lebanese and I loved him very much. He is catholic though and was raised in the US so his views about women are fairly modern, (Except for the very nice old fashioned view that you take care of your women as a matter of pride...I liked that alot.) Also some arabic christians are just as bad in their views of women espeically those from jordan. Honor killings are common amongst both religions there. The point I guess I am trying to make is that if I can tell that a man is of middle eastern descent then I do scrutinize him more thouroughly. I have had sooo many e-mails from them that were very out of line and a ton of bad experiences when I worked for services. I even refused to see them in general if they weren't preapproved regulars because they rarely worked out and often had several men in their room wanting to take a turn or some other BS like that. What it seems to come down too is how westernized they have become and how their mother raised them. Many persians espeically those that were raised in the UK are really cute and have great mannners.
Any way that is just my take on the subject.
P.S. I do love their food all the time

Actually....(long rant)

Actually, what you are alluding to is a pretty NARROW Muslim faith, but I suspect trying to explain that to you would be a wasted effort....

The great country we live in was CREATED in the pursuit of religious freedom (I know it been a long time since grade school, but stick with me here...). The Pilgrims came to this land because they wanted the freedom to practice a faith that was NOT mainstream back in jolly old England.

Diversity and Religious Tolerance are the very principles on which this nation was founded. Muslim extremist HATE THIS...this is why they hate us.

For us to practice the same form of hate in return is to only give them the victory they seek.

While we are on this topic...something occurred to me the other day, in regards to "heroes". I know a wee bit about heroes...you see, not only do I live in New York City, not only do I live in Manhattan, but I live just two blocks from the WTC. I was displaced from my home for more than a month after 9/11 - that is how close to Ground Zero I live. I lost a couple of acquaintances on that day...not close friends, I admit, but people I knew from my neighborhood / building.

Some of our heroes are of course obvious.

Some however are not so obvious. I was just thinking about a new set of heroes the other day, when I first saw this thread.

I was thinking about the men and women of Arabic descent who work for our intelligence community. Those people who are CRITICAL to the welfare and safety of our nation now, because they speak the language and know the culture of those who seek to destroy us.

I was thinking how these people do their jobs, in secret, without public praise more than likely. They are not fire fighters, or soldiers. They are desk jockeys, geeks, nerds, average guys and gals. But they do a critical...CRITICAL job right now. Perhaps the most important job in the United States at this moment.

And then, I thought how when they leave their office (where I am sure they are appreciated), they live in a different world. A world where people look at them funny...question their love of this country. A world where they fear for the safety of their wives and children...where going to school or the supermarket is no longer just a routine thing, because you never know when some asshole ignorant redneck will assault you verbally, or worse. A world where they can't practice their faith without fear...in a country found on the principles of religious diversity.

And how do these people respond? They get up in the morning, and go back to work, defending this country they live in and love, without praise or high pay. They do it because they are AMERICANS, just like me, just like most of us on this board.

This, in my humble opinion, makes them REAL HEROES…

I again say...being an AMERICAN does not by definition make you WHITE, MALE, or CHRISTIAN.

Try to remember that people....