[dinodino]

You just said something very telling: “adherents to islam should not be given the same treatment as Americans.”

You don’t think someone can be an American and a Muslim at the same time?

Do you think this kid is an American citizen?

[re_nortex]

I owe you a totally honest answer and it will further divide us, doubtlessly a gulf not to be bridged. As you stated, this thread is not about me but I'll respond to your queries forthrightly in all candor and without weasel words.

You don’t think someone can be an American and a Muslim at the same time?

One can not be both. The intersection of the two yields the null set.

Do you think this kid is an American citizen?

No. I do not. To elaborate just a bit more, I see him (and that group as a whole) as nothing more than something along the lines of anchor babies. At best, in the America I envision, adherents to that "faith" can possibly be subjects but not citizens.

I realize those replies are probably what you may have expected from me and you may disapprove of my intolerance. I have frequent (too frequent, IMHO) contact with them in our area and I clearly see them for what they are.