Ok, I see what you're driving at now. However, I will take this quote from your source:
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The country's largest Muslim groups have also repeatedly opposed making it state policy.
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As well as the fact that a grand total of 2000 demonstrators marched in Indonesia. Having lived there for 5 years, I can happily tell you that that is nothing. If the people really wanted Sharia Law, there would have been hundreds of thousands. As it is, this is by the by.
As for whether the 'non-Muslim' world wants Islam...I very much doubt it. Perhaps, as you say, they are blinded by the negative perceptions of the extremists. However, on the other hand, countries such as the UK, France, the Netherlands, have their own rich tapestries of multi-culturalism and secularism which they will not give up. I, for one, would heartily oppose anyone who tried to install any religion as a 'State' religion that attempted to bind the country to its' own sets of morals & values that have no linkage to our tradition. I don't mean by any means that I oppose Islam, I merely say that no religion at all should be involved in government. And for me, the Anglican church doesn't count - it's a dying beast with no influence on our politics. And that's the way it should be.