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Ask him if the guys who the Pakistanis are currently killing are "Muslim." Ask him if Caucasians are "Muslim." Guaranteed it turns out that people of every race can be Muslim. And people of every race can turn out *not* to be Muslim, which is why Pakistanis are being gunned down by other Pakistanis as we speak on that basis.
Again, a 'huge racial component' is masking the question of what that component actually is. I don't doubt this guy has experienced racial prejudice as a result of having brown skin. I just reject the idea that criticizing religion = criticizing race.
I suspect your friend would experience no racial prejudice if he was a white Muslim.
Ask him also about the racism within Pakistanis , where they look down on dark skinned Muslim Pakistanis. Or about Pakistani racism against Black Muslims. Or ask him about Pakistani racism against dark skinned lower caste people that played a huge part in the genocide against Bengalis in East Pakistan/Bangladesh.