Regarding: "The irony here is that most Americans really have no idea what is in the Quran, the Muslim equivalent of the Bible, beyond the mostly negative and out of context soundbites they hear on talk radio, cable TV or the internet."
- What will help all Americans and Americans who practice Islam particularly is if the adherents of Islam in the USA, as well as all men and women of good will,  assist in a process of helping brothers and sisters who adhere to the Islam and who live in other countries make changes in those countries laws that will allow for the free and safe exercise of religion. That is Christians, Zoroastrians, Jews, Buddhists, and people of other faiths are allowed to practice their faith publicly and without the hindrances of  religious prejudice often found in employment, education, travel, domicile.
- It will be a great aid if the people of Islam look closely at sharia and refute those laws that are non life affirming, or give aid to high crimes and misdemeanors.