Where are the peaceful Muslims?

Before the rise of Muslim terrorism, I had always heard Islam described as a religion of peace, in which the devout were modest, did not drink alcohol, and were friendly and tolerant of others. This came from Americans who had lived in Muslim countries.

Then we go to know the Palestinians and Papa Yassir. Now one thinks of the whole group as paranoid, obnoxious, violent and touchy. Certainly Hamas and the radicals place no more value on the lives of their young people than they do on a shipment of munitions. It seems that the more education, especially Western education, some young Arabs are given, the more they adopt the worst characteristics of western societies, such as profanity, and become disdainful, resentful, even full of hatred for the West. Others decide that the West is where future prosperity and development are, and move there and go into technology or science or start a business.

As this piece points out, every effort to reach out to these people these days seems to be greeted with some kind of screwy response. How soon before these people really do get persecuted?