Christians do it all the time:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/nov/03/conflicting-rights
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/feb/12/christian-british-airways-worker-cross
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/23/gay-couple-hotel-battle
(The Guardian, your one stop shop for rights issues...)
Anyway, a bunch of yahoos in a failed state the Middle East in no way constitute an existential threat to the west.
It used to be said about Catholics too (Home Rule is Rome Rule, divided loyalties to the state, etc...
And they were right .