Nobody's tossing anyone over to the side.  The problem, which many refuse to acknowledge, is hatred against both.  I have no idea why a tolerant person would be opposed to what these two human rights advocate wrote in the Globe:

"Canada’s record prior to the war was to deny refuge to Jews fleeing oppression in Germany, Russia and other unwelcoming countries. We’ve already lived through a “none is too many” immigration policy; we must avoid unintentionally reinventing that shameful past.

"Yet, many have reasonably argued that when it comes to Muslim refugees today, especially from war-torn Syria, the anti-Muslim rhetoric falls dangerously close to what Canadians heard in prewar times."

~ Amira Elghawaby and Bernie Farber, Globe and Mail, September 5, 2015.