&gt; Or societies are desperately trying not to impose draconian rules of monitoring on a religious group, but as it stands I see little choice in the matter.<p>Try harder.  You don&#x27;t maintain liberty by destroying it.<p>&gt; is to monitor all Muslims<p>No, that is not a solution.  You are responding with fear to the fact that the world is a dangerous place. Fear is not a place from which to make decisions.  Terrorist attacks are barely worth replying to, they kill very few people and simply don&#x27;t matter; they are something for police to deal with, no laws need changed, no big actions need taken, ignore them, they are statistical noise.  Cars and lightening are far more dangerous.