The ignore it and it will go away attitude is rampart...That is due to in part of how disassoiated peoplw are, When the WTC was hit, people on the west coast would not have seen the distruction that happened.
The radical Islam is real and their sole goal in life is either convert you or kill you, there is no middle ground...
But you shouldn't make extra checks on arabs when they enter a country, that might hurt their feelings, poor poor arabs