If so few Muslims must make a huge impression to cause such emotions.
And by the way, these are not post-truth times.  For some yes, but for most of us
not so.  As to basing one's decisions on emotions psychological research claims ,
as of latest findings, that we in the end base our decisions on emotions and intuitions.
That rational thinking is a forerunner happening in our sleep, but in the end it's our
feelings that speak loud and clear. 
We do always need as much factual basis as possible.  But facts are often not just simple
facts but someone else's opinion of what they are. We are all different in the end.