When Dr. Daniel Shayesteh (the former co-founder of the Islamic terror group Hezbollah) appeared on my radio program, I asked him whether true adherents to Islam could peacefully assimilate into American culture and embrace constitutional law and order. He responded, “It is impossible for a person who follows Mohammed and says, ‘I am a Muslim’ and follows the instruction of the Koran to align himself with other laws and cultural values. That’s impossible, because everything other than Islamic culture and principle is evil.”
http://www.hanscalmeyer.com/html/assimilation.html
muslims do not want to assimilate. We ignore that fact at our peril.
I havent spent a penny in Islamic stores since 911.
That said, I lived quite harmoniously with Lebanese Muslims in Ohio as a child and frequented their shops without fear.