It is also my opinion after living couple of years in south eastern Asia that the religion made us, EU+ancillaries, one of the most aggressive part of population. But on the other hand it creates the environment for a permanent explosive development (social, politic, economic and of course military).
Culturally speaking there is a huge difference between lets call it Caucasian and Asian goals.
I always said to my EU friends: it is very difficult to understand the Asian culture (at least in only couple of years). You have to accept it!
But again, EU culture was developed on the basis of conquest and not acceptance.
I have a "theory" regarding the biggest personalities of the history: those figures, like Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, Victoria etc. were amongst the most tolerant people of their time.
So, back to subject, any open minded people will respect the human being and not the race, colour, sex, religion....
I like to say that I respect anyone who respect me. ("innocence assumption" is applied only for the first meeting)