Agreed... I don't look at color, I look at character...let's see...the gal that cuts my hair is Iranian, the guy that does my nails is Vietnamese, my auto mechanic is Hispanic, my doctor is Japanese, the people who help my autistic son at the group home he lives in are Nigerian, the people at his school/day program are Armenian, and his little girlfriend is Filipino...heck, I just realized that the only people who are white in my son's life are us, his mom and dad! LOL! My point though, is that every one of these people I've noted in this post are amazing, sweet, kind, have amazing integrity, and they are dear friends to me. Who cares what color they are. My life would be a lot more empty without them.

maybe "Religionism" should become a term - as the principle is behind most of the evil commited in the name of a "God" since the birth of all religions

I empathize with you, but everything you said applies to America. I'm Eastern European (so not particularly privileged, as race as a concept doesn't operate the same way in Europe that it does in America), people here are much more aware of the difference between being Middle Eastern and being Muslim thanks to our history. The problem with referring to Muslims as a race (aside from anyone looking Middle Eastern getting discriminated against, as you describe) is that racists aren't the only people who can't make the difference. As a result any valid criticism of Islam (even the kind coming from (ex)Muslims themselves) is immediately dismissed as racism and conversations get shut down, which is bad. Conversations regarding the problematic aspects of Christianity don't get shut down the same way. Basically everyone needs to get more educated.

Kostas, you didn’t get what I was saying and I don’t think you have the capacity to grasp this one. Even though it’s simple as f**k but whatever, you’re going to stick to your incorrect and confused guns. Diane a, I’m right there with you buddy. Religion is the root of most of the worlds problems.

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and what about all middle eastern people who hate Muslims? all Iranian atheists, Christians and others who hate their Iranian Muslim neighbours? they are racist? Iranians racist to Iranians? how that works?

Hey, I've seen people use racist instead of sexist LOL