I dunno. Would you feel the same way if it was someone wearing a yarmulke? Most muslims in the united states are moderate religiously, and socially and economically conservative. In the 2000 election, Republicans had like a 14 point lead over democrats in the muslim vote, and the last 8 years dissipated a lot of that. (http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000002676033)
Some of it was inevitable after Iraq and Afghanistan, but it doesn’t have to be a long-term trend. Standing up for religious freedoms that don’t really impact the job is a good way to win back a naturally conservative group that should be voting republican.
The same thing is true for jews and african americans - both groups would benefit from a more entrepeneurial regulatory and political system with lower taxes. Government intervention has failed to fix any of black america’s problems. But because we let democrats portray conservatives as anti-minority, they vote against their own self-interest.
How are we supposed to prevent the democrats from doing what they want to do?