I MIGHT BE A BIGOT :(

[Ilyanna]

Ily, IMO they haven't won anything yet. The terrorist attacks have created fear and loathing of Islam and all it stands for.

Yes, and consequently, they have created fear and loathing of Americans in Muslims who pretty much minded their own business. Those terrorists have triggered war and a seemingly unbridgeable rift between Western and Mideast populations. How have they not won? What, in your opinion, will constitute a victory over the terrorists?

Americans are generally pretty tolerant people (a nation of immigrants after all), but what I see from Muslims in MY city, is a people that chooses not to assimilate into our culture and in fact, would like to make MY city conform to THEIR ways.

I don't like having them here and probably never will.

Now, I don't know where you live, but I do know that a great no. of Muslims have lived in the US for years, if not decades, before shit hit the fan. You said it yourself: the US is a nation of immigrants. What makes you qualified to say it is your city, and that they have to assimilate into your culture? If they are legal citizens, then it is their city as well, and they should have the right to choose how to live like any other citizen, as well.

Don't get me wrong, I understand the bit about not wanting to conform to their ways. About the only thing I can get really bitchy about is when someone tries to force me to adher to their ideas of how to live. That applies to religious stuff as well as societal norms people try to shove down my throat. The day I accept to hide my hair or parts of my body because of the sensitivity of others will not come...just as I will never cater to the wishes of the catholic faith on how I should live.
BUT - if I demand that freedom of choice, then so can anybody else who lives here.

Terrorists have affected how I view some things. I know & understand how unfair it is to have the view I hold, logically I know I'm a dumbass regarding this and I still can't get passed these feelings.

lol, you're no dumbass regarding this. You are reflecting about it, you know there could be another way, and you see the difficulties. I, for one, respect you a lot for that, no matter if your view changes some day or not.
(and fwiw, I wouldn't give a dumbass the time of day. So there )