text: Islam is a religion, and we have always been free in this country to criticize a religion and disagree with their stance on various issues. Christianity for instance still comes under criticism to this day. It would be informative to hear how those who practice Islam are discriminated against , since like all religions in this country, there has been no impediment to them openly practicing their faith. We have never used the term racist to describe someone who had issues with religion. This country for  decades had a long standing separation between the catholic and protestant religions. Someone could be anti-catholic for instance but they were never considered racist as religion is not a race.It informative as well to hear how the particularly strong condemnation of racist is reserved specifically for those who simply have disagreements with the various tenets of the religion of Islam.