What a wonderful post!

He sounds like my Egyptian friend. When we first started talking he wanted to assure me that he wasn't like the Muslims I had heard about on the news. I sent him a link to Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist Church wiki (fyi those people hate EVERYONE) and I said "Tell you what...this man proclaims to be Christian like those terrorist claim to be Muslim. Why don't we just agree that every religion has those who twist our holy books to suit their hate?" After that we had a really great conversation.

I really wish more people who claim to "know" what the Muslim faith is all about would actually TALK to a Muslim. Their minds would change very quickly.