Some may think that the Bush days of racial/religious profiling and overt bigotry against Muslims are over.  By a good measure, they are but we still see signs of simmering prejudice such as indicated on this billboard in Westminster, Colorado.

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The situation in Switzerland is worst !
Have a look at these posters :
http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2009/11/30/suisse-les-affiches-de-choc-de-la-droite-populiste-decryptees_1274290_3214.html

What happened lately in Switzerland in very shocking:  Switzerland, through its system of direct democrcy, outlawed (by a majority of 56%) the erection of minarets in mosques!! This means churches can have their identifying architectural features but mosques cannot.  This is blatant discrimination in a country that boasts to be tolerant and just.  How can a minaret be a threat to anyone?

This is the fruit of years of fear mongering by right-wing racist groups that have been working hard to protrary Muslims as terrorists and as a threat.  We see similar groups doing the same thing in other European countries (Denmark, Netherlands, France, etc) and in the US, such as the publicity board in Colorado.

Muslims in the West cannot let terrorists highjack their religion and must be positive participants in these societies to give the others a chance to know them and not fear them. That is the best way to defeat the fear mongers.

I found this report by the International Federation for Human Rights to be good reading on the subject.

Thanks for sharing this report. Speaking about "groups that have been working hard to protrary Muslims as terrorists and as a threat" I share with you this video:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb2bhq_desinformation-les-arabes-dans-le-c_news

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1zwtH7Kgys&feature=related