Thomas Jefferson, the first American president to actually fight a war against Muslim powers (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_pirates), was a strong advocate of Muslim religious freedom in America and went to lengths to assure the Muslims against whom America fought that our war was not against their religion, no matter what their own motivations may have been.
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/05/our_...ncluded_islam/
I won't associate myself with those who believe that we are engaged in a war against a religion. Frankly I find nothing appealing about Islam, and I am appalled at how women and non-Muslims are treated by those who range from the more conservative to the fanatical among them. In America we won't tolerate a lack of respect for women or other religions. But that's because I am pro-freedom, not anti-Islamic.
If anyone tries to terrorize or make war on America or our allies, then we should make war on them--as we have before and will continue to. I'm not about to expand that into a general war against Islam, which is just foolishness and will lead to nothing but more fanaticism and unnecessary death and destruction.
Hating your enemy is satisfying, I get it. It's a free country, you can hate all you want. Just don't wrap it up in the flag, it deserves better.