[aruanan]

I like what Pascal said about Muhammed:

Differences between Mahomet and Jesus Christ

Mahomet not foretold, Jesus foretold.
Mahomet slew, Jesus caused his followers to be slain.
Mahomet forbade reading, the Apostles commanded it.
In a word, the difference is so great that, if Mahomet followed the path of success, humanly speaking, Jesus followed that of death, humanly speaking, and, instead of concluding that where Mahomet succeeded Jesus could have done so too, we must say that, since Mahomet succeeded, Jesus had to die.

[Sabatier]

That's a great quote.
The belief in this country that all religions were equal and all sought the same basic things meant you didn't have to take a stand. There was no danger anyone was going to be martyred for their beliefs. But post 9/11 it's not so clear that's true anymore. Maybe you will be blown up for being a Christian or a Jew - or living among them. It makes you take another look at exactly what you do believe and reminds you that you do have to stand for something.