I personally have been insulted by one of them. I was at their place of work, doing some training. (I work for a government agency) In the midst of the training, the trainee disappeared for a few minutes. Then his voice came from behind me, saying that he was going to do his daily prayers. He was polite about it. I sat politely, turned away, waiting for him to finish. As he did, and picked up his rug, he turned to me and said, “Five times a day I have to do this. Takes a little more commitment than just going to church once a week or a couple of times a year, huh?”
I didn’t say anything, but really did a slow burn the rest of the few hours I was there. I told my boss later that I should have just left at that point. She did not disagree with me.
The air of superiority about this man was simply palpable. Something I had never got from him before. Maybe it was just because I was on his turf, I don’t know.
If it came down between having a colony of roaches living near me and a colony of Muslims, there is no doubt about which group I’d choose.