Keith Bibby wrote:
the lesser followers of the book become the victim's as they are considered equally to be as bad as the non-believers.
Indeed, but I don't suppose the Japanese living in America were exactly flavour of the month shortly after Pearl Harbour.
Fortunately for us, and civilisation, the USA set themselves on a war footing rather than beating themselves up over any Jap-phobia or rise in these dreadful hate-crimes.