I'm not passed the first para and already it's not looking good for Team Delusional. Judges and thinkers versus two cosplays and trumpeter swans. Shit kicking? I'll read on.

EDIT: That didn't take long. No shit kicking. Nothing really. Kind of a preamble.

We’re entering an age when Muslims are no longer seen as alien outsiders but as ordinary participants in public life. If earlier public hysteria over their beliefs had a benefit, though, it was in making us all realize the value of a neutral, secular public life.

I actually have never thought much of the concept of outsider until recently. My home town is really easy; I've lived around Canada. Muslims were just other people, like every other person. Now that we talk about it. I see them as outsiders.