"At least as a Christian I was raised to treat all people with dignity and respect."
I was raised to believe that respect is earned. That is, all people are assumed to be worthy of respect, but true respect is earned. muslims have proven to me, time and again, that they are not worthy of respect.
I do however want to try to at least honor those that are not of that strain. Are there reservations overall about Muslims and the evilness of their religion overall? Absolutely. Understandable. Yet, I can empathize with trying to live a religious conservative life in a world that is so sinful and disregarding of God.