How can you respect somebody that doesn't respect you?
Did you read the article about the Muslim cemetery about to evict the already 350,000 buried people in London? It is but one example of the utter arrogance this religion is showing to the rest of the world. These are not fanatics. These are ordinary everyday people--probably much like those who work in your office--who think that the world owes them sympathy and privileges they do not afford the rest of us. This is the very definition of rising up. The gradual taking of inch after inch, with only increased anger and impatience with every obstacle they encounter.
And we're just supposed to sit back and be tolerant and empathetic because historically, resistance is met with bad results? Yes, the Jews had their fanatical period, thousands of years ago. The Christians at the beginning of the last millennium... Now it's the Muslims' turn--only today things happen faster, and with more severity. Weapons are more powerful. Populations greater--and their beliefs are as archaic and medieval as ever.
My first step would be to end this appeasement. They want a cemetery? Too bad. Make due with what you have. They get mad because of some depictions of Mohummad in a comic strip? Too bad. Being made fun of is part of modern existence. They want to riot over it? Use the hoses and the tear gas as you would to any other group of unruly protesters... Do not coddle them, because doing so is no different than silencing an overweight toddler with more icecream.
As far as making them allies... Just as difficult and worthwhile as it would be to try to subjugate them. They either play by the rules of the modern world, the modern society, or they get left behind. No more positive reinforcement of their whining, their complaining, their veiled threats--tendencies exhibited by most Muslims I've had the pleasure of speaking to, not just their Ak-toting cousins..
The next step would be to stop buying their oil. Buy it from Russia. Spend a trillion or so on new technology, and infrastructure to support it. Any way we can, and as quickly as possible. It's long overdue and worthwhile for reasons beyond the political...Cut the flow of Western money to Muslim countries down to a trickle, and then end it all-together. They've proven that they are not innovators. Not industrialists in the true sense of the word. They pump and sell, and spend and spend, and preach and preach. Pull the rug out from under this, and send their gleaming hubris back into the sand... If they complain about this, ignore them. If they start with the terrorism... Kill them.
I do not advocate genocide here. I simply advocate the end to all encouragement, both moral and financial. The Muslim world has done very little positive for us. They sell what comes out of their land. Beyond that, their value to the modern world is limited by their own archaic values. We do not pretend to like what they preach, so stop encouraging it.
Too many worthwhile people, ideas and policies are being compromised for the sake of treating this barbaric culture with the gentle, nurturing touch of political correctness. It is neither efficient nor rational. It is done out of fear and guilt, and it is time it ends.