I do understand all that - what I don't understand is the aversion to using the word "Muslim" when that's what we are talking about.
If Christians in the Philippines were rioting - what would the Philippine press call them - "Asians" or "Europeans"? Of course not - they would call them "Christians".
Same principle.
We have the same problem over here.
The press will bend over backwards twice over, to avoid using "Muslims".