Please wait. If we're not careful, we destroy the country we're trying to protect by crushing the principles at its core. Our country was founded by people fleeing from religious persecution. We have a constitution that includes the bill of rights. If we let the horrific acts of Jihadi extremists and barbaric fanatics turn us against the 3.3 million Muslim fellow citizens, we stoop to the same level as Nazis putting yellow stars on Jews. 

We separate Christians from Timothy McVeigh, don't we? The Christians among us (including myself) don't take the bizarre extreme texts of the Bible as law. Can't we do the same for our Muslim neighbors? Protest the terrorists, and the barbarity, not the religion. America wins on the long term by standing for the values we believe in.  If we lose what we stand for, then what are we defending? 

We can defend ourselves against Jihadi extremists without blaming all Muslims for them.