muslim world

the other day i heard a news anchor say that president obama is "extending a hand to the muslim world..."
i just want to inform the news anchor, the president, and the rest of the country who doesn't know already---muslims live in this country. they live all over the world. there is not really a muslim world. muslims, like all people, live in this world. i know i am picky about semantics, but come on.
what does this statement mean then? what does it imply?
to me, it implies that muslims are not here. they are there. they meaning, muslims are not among us. they are not the normal, not really a true part of this country. there meaning muslims are in other countries; countries that we can choose to have a relationship with or choose otherwise.
it seems like people from the u.s. fear muslims. for example, there was an uproar and media frenzy when there was false information circulating about the president being muslim. it was an accusation. it was reason not to vote for him. it was controversial. all out of fear, and quite possibly hatred.
fear that muslims are out to destroy the country. fear that muslims are terrorists. the fear and assumption that muslims cannot (and should not) lead this country. fear around the potential of a muslim leading the country. fear that allah is something/someone different than god. might i suggest, fear of upsetting the status quo.
it's not wrong to be muslim. it's not a crime. muslims as a whole are not terrorists. muslims as a whole are not fanatics. islam is not a religion based on hate, or war, or revenge.
these fears and assumptions have stacked one on the other, making it impossible for muslims to be seen as people in this country. muslims are stuck under the thickness and weight of such fears. instead of being of a peaceful religion, muslims are described as being in their own world. that's a ple i would like to change as i am an american muslim woman and i live right here.