Would you have said the same thing about the other religions? Christianity has a pretty ugly past. But they grew out of it, right? You don't think Islam can too? Terrorism and ethnic cleansing isn't unique to Islam. If you can't accept your neighbors, make them welcome and feel invested in the community you feed their prejudices. Even if Islam is the most talked about, they aren't they most frequent source of violence in the US. Obviously Americans shouldn't be throwing rocks around our glass house.