Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I believe discriminating against someone based on their religion is a form of racism. Like you, I was trying to make a point and yes that includes backing it up with what i think is relevant. And NO, i'm not using the " racism scapegoat" to excuse the actions of Muslims or to condone violence and terrorism.
BTW sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.
Also, I found an article that might enlighten you:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/09/15/1032054709197.html
Here's an extract from the article incase you don't read it (which is likely):
The Age
Beware the new racism
September 16 2002
The rise of an ugly new phobia is threatening multiculturalism, writes Robert Manne.
One of the most significant ways the world has changed since the terrible crime of September 11 has been the rise of an ugly strain of Islamophobia throughout the Western world. From this new ideological virus Australia has, unfortunately, proven far from immune.
On the far right of the political spectrum something sociologists have come to call "new racism" seems to be taking hold. Old racism argued that the intractable differences between human groups were rooted in biology and blood. This form of racism was discredited by Hitler and the Holocaust. A new racism took its place.
It argued that differences between human collectivities were based on the ultimate incompatibility not of blood and biology but of culture and religion.
**Robert Manne is associate professor of politics at La Trobe University.