I just came back from the US two weeks back after spending a month there among family and friends. They were all American Muslims born and raised in the US. They are as much as American as the average white American there. In fact, I noticed that unless one announces verbally that he or she is a Muslim, it is very difficult or rather impossbile to distinguish whether an American is a Muslim, Christian or a Jewish. All this is just media generated hype. In reality, Americans are just Americans..