Racism applies to races, not religions. But I am suggesting that, important as reasonable conversation is, something more is required. Otherwise we go no further than interfaith dialogue (important as that may be). Christianity is about rather more than reasonable conversation. That’s why I suggested that ‘God loves Muslims’ is not a bad starting point. Christianity, uniquely it seems to me, has a God who freely loves all people, irrespective of race, religion or creed, and offers that love without coercion. Since we, if we are Christians, are God’s ambassadors, it follows that uniquely we hold that love in our hearts - whether it is accepted or rejected. This is a message of the Spirit before it becomes a message expressed in whatever form in which the gospel is spoken.