So a Christian can pledge allegiance to their religion first, but if a Muslim does then it's automatically more suspect? I'm not suggesting you explicitly said that, but inciting Sharia law or beheadings at the mention of Islam invokes that kind of double standard. As if Islam itself is to blame, not a complex mix if politics, history, and culture that leads to the extremes we see.

I'm trying to get at the core assumptions here, as to the kind of rhetoric I see as harmful and unfair in it's correlation. It's this general belief that peaceful devotion to Islam is fundamentally dangerous whereas devotion to more familiar religions is no need for alarm.