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@Nox your astute narrative and observation about the differences between race and belief system misses the gist of the matter: the race baiting - that raging in the US too - has nothing to do with racial issues. It's a clever attempt to SILENCE all opposing views by circumventing the "Freedom of Speech" laws. Everybody with basic education knows that RACE is congenital and immutable, it's in the DNA while RELIGION is changeable at will. The "RACIST!" label will not be erased because this is the only tool left to silence your enemies where free speech is protected. The good new is that this word is so much overused that lost all it's all original meaning. @Hiram: The French put a ban on offending Islamic dresses and they stopped whining: to suggest that opposing provocative head scarves is punishable by prison! - beyond the absurd. Try to internalize a simple fact: every demeanor that provokes the majority's cultural sensitivities, an arrogant reminder that "I am different, I am not like you" implies a degree of condescending attitude that people resent.