text: Thanks for your reply. But who is condemning all Muslims? As individuals, Muslims are as good or bad as the rest of us. But they are shackled to a scripture that defines Islam, a system that forbids free thought and expression, i.e. apostasy and "blasphemy". (It's worth noting that at least one Canadian imam has called for the mockery of religious figures to be criminalized.)
  
  In this respect, Islam is not like other "faith groups". One is born into it and forbidden to leave or to renounce its nastier tenets. That's part of what makes it so frightening to those raised in Western traditions forged during the Enlightenment.