My one-on-one interactions with American Muslims have not been terribly pleasant, and failed to "dispel Islamophobic stereotypes and promote religious tolerance." I am a Jew and look very much like one, and have found that many American Muslims are not terribly interested in the toleration of other religions. (How do I know I look like a Jew? Gentile strangers here and abroad, even where there are no Jews, identify me as one).
The problem is that, while non-fanatical Muslims will reluctantly criticize terrorism, they clearly identify more closely with murderous Muslims than their innocent victims. With the ultimate Islamization of the world the goal of even the most passive Muslim, they have difficulty condemning anything that advances the agenda, even if they find the means distasteful. Allah's will, and all that crap.
I didn't make it very far into James Clavell's "Whirlwind," but an insight I gained from it is the Islamic terrorist's mindset that it must be Allah's will for him to commit mass murder, because if it wasn't, he wouldn't be successful in committing the murders. Of course, they don't follow the logic far enough to apply this premise to those instances when their plans ARE foiled.