Extremism vs Moderate Religion

God is for Suckers recently posted an article about the limitation of extremism in the Netherlands. I realize that this is a little off topic, but I think that it still applies.

I believe that moderate religion is still a huge part of the problem. Moderate religion creates an environment in which extremism is justified. If enough moderate people believe in the same ideas, sooner or later someone is going to take it to the extreme. Religious faiths have a free card when it comes to their beliefs are critized. This free card is used in both moderate and extreme religion. If there was no moderate religion, then there would be no religous extremists causing problems!!