I agree that Islam is much more than just a religion—but that is the way this issue is being framed. I just think it sets a dangerous precedent for those of other religions in the future (and expands the government’s control even further).
Valid concern. First we need to dispose of the idea that Islam is a religion...unless they’re willing/able to decouple politics (i.e., bombings) from it.
If the KKK had bombed the World Trade Center, I doubt President Bush would have been posing with one of their Grand Wizards and saying that the WTC bombers do not represent true Klan-ship, but rather were people claiming to be KKK, trying to make the Klan look bad.