Re: Fear of backlash..
You know, muslims living in the West should be pretty grateful. After incessant attacks by "muslims" who think they're actually practicing their religion, if we were living a few decades ago...
We'd all be in concentration camps as of now. So, Allah ka Shukhar Adha karein aap sab, instead of complaining.
Fighting and violence is not right at all, but if one side is throwing punches (albeit, a minority that's not even accepted by the mainstream muslim as being muslim in the first place), then you can't expect that the other side will restrain itself 100%.
Hate crimes are an unfortunate inevitability in such situations. But its not as bad as being in concentration camps.