I had a close friend at the University of Denver Graduate School of Librarianship and Information Management in 1983-1984. Mahmood Mohammad. He was a cataloger at the University of Mosul in Iraq and a devout Muslim. He also introduced me to some of the other Muslims/Arabs at the U of Denver. Many from different Middle Eastern countries. Mahmood's brother was high up in Saddam Hussein's military. Maybe even a general.
I kept up a correspondence with Mahmood as the Iran-Iraq War went on. His views of the West became more and more intolerant so we eventually both broke off the letters exchanged.
Iran-Iraq War - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com
I doubt if any of the Muslims/Arabs he introduced me to felt the same way about the West as Muslim because of his brother and the very bloody Iran-Iraq War that was going on then.
Now in Mosul where fighting rages against ISIS I will bet that a lot of the Muslims there have complicated ideas about the West especially after they have seen the medieval barbarity of ISIS.
Have no idea what happened with Mahmood and the U of Mosul Library. It seemed to have been used with other buildings of the U of Mosul as headquarters or something else --the development of improvised explosive devices-- by ISIS.
My point is it is important to take these things in their proper geographic and historical context.
Muslims fighting in Iraq are going to be for the most part extremely different from those you find in Leesburg and Ocala.
My old friend Mahmood near the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, CO.
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...ps517040a4.jpg
Home - Garden of the Gods Visitor Center