sky9,
what's worse is that people from South Asia - including non-Islamic people like Sikhs and Hindus from India - are experiencing what can only be termed as harassment at US airports.
Unfortunately people who had nothing to do with the horrors last week are being unfairly targetted - just because they "look Middle-Eastern" to some American eyes.
The hope is that this is a temporary abberation and things will be a bit more "normal" eventually.