SA--we're on the same page. The tagline for the OP was taken from the headline of the news story (not my words).

'Muslim' is what these bullies are calling this kid to bully him (he's not actually Muslim); just like the nuts who call Obama a Muslim as a way to discredit him. They're not bullying him for BEING Muslim.

I agree. These kids have no idea what a Muslim is. That is why I think the school needs to educate these kids (and their parents) about Islam in the same way that the nuts in Yemen who are persecuting the Arab Jews there need to be told that these poor people are natives to the area and Jew is not the same as Israeli.