Just as an aside. In the local paper today were two articles that I thought were an interesting contrast to how the West sees religion.

Article 1 was that the City of St. Paul (near where I live) banned Easter references from the city offices. Not real sure why, but I can only speculate "Church and State"

Article 2 was a report that the in Afghanistan some moderate to hardcore Clerics were demanding death for a former Islam believer who had converted to Christianity.

Is it any wonder that Westerners feel persecuted by Political Correctness gone horribly astray and that we get such a bad read on Islam? These types of examples are sadly too easy to find.