Nope, just a boring whiteboy (mainly Irish/German) that's nominally Christian. My love of beer and bbq ribs forever prevents me from converting to Islam, along with the fact I don't think I'd like to stone anybody, for whatever reason.
If you aren't, what made you want to study Arabic?
I'm a religion nut. Got my bachelor's in Comparative Religions, with a focus on Buddhism. My favorites to study are Buddhism and Islam. I have no idea why, as I would never convert to either. Maybe its because I find the mysticism of both religions fascinating. My Chinese gets me pretty far in terms of studying Buddhism, so I've taught myself a bit of classical Arabic, mainly through books designed to teach Muslims to read the Qu'ran. Pimsleur's Eastern Arabic course has also been a big help in learning a but of the spoken language.
Are you sympathetic toward the Islamist Terrorist, or are you a Gung Ho American?
I'm very unsympathetic to people that would kill me on sight, be they Islamists or whatever. I think the War on Terror is going in the right direction. But I tend not to get gung ho about anything, more for reasons of personal temperament than a lack of principles. But get enough beer in me and I'll argue passionately for just about anything.
Or are you just plain confused?
I'm definately confused, about a great many things.