&gt;globally speaking, a significant number of adherents of Islam hold ideas that are incompatible with an open society.<p>You could say the same about the followers of other religions. And of certain popular political persuasions. And of many economic belief systems.<p>Just because adherents don&#x27;t usually make the news by indiscriminately shooting members of the public doesn&#x27;t mean they don&#x27;t do incredible damage in other ways.<p>A public massacre is a horror, for obvious reasons. <i>But it&#x27;s not truly more horrible</i> than many other everyday outrages, some of which take place on much bigger and longer timescales.