The Questioner apears to have been reading too much media propganda, without actually analysing the root causes of the current (and rising) predjudice.
You must remember that being a Muslim is utterly different from being a Chrisitan, unless a seriously strong follower of Christ. The Muslim faith is not simply a matter of praying and going to Friday prayers, it is intrinsicallly woven into the eastern fabric of daily life, it is an all-embracing cultural way of living which Westerners find hard to understand.
Because of this attitude, by its very nature, The Muslim faith lends itself to a degree of fanatical following which is again embraced in a manner which Westerners, who are far more lassais-faire about almost anythng in life, find difficult to comprehend. It is this monority - and it is a minority - who descend into the fanatical acts and propoganda which currently tars the entire culture and faith as a bunch of loony Western-loathing bombers.
This misconception is seriously fulled by the PC media who are keen to foster the image that Moslems want the world to change to their way of life. It is not Muslims who dictate the notion of fear of religious offence, it is Western do-gooders who twist such ideas and propgate them.
The majority of Muslims live perfectly happily with other faiths, and have no desire to either bomb or subvert other cultures to their way of life.
Just like ecoman - some strong views make the news, the majority simply do not feel this way.