The same argument would apply when our government back in Feb 1993 began a siege with intense gun battle on its own citizens at the “religious” compound of david koresh’s branch davidian that lasted 50 days, resulting in the death of 20 children with a total of 75 deaths. During those 50 days, were you out there screaming against the govt to prevent this strategy of re-classification?
Yet, there was nothing in koresh’s sacred book that called for beheading and killing of non-believers and renegades. But there are plenty of open ended violent commands in the quran and the ahadith that commanded muslims to behead and kill infidels (non-believers) and Jews wherever they find them. Not only that there wasn't any branch davidians members going about killing innocent civilians or flew suicide planes into high rise buildings in the name of their god as did the fanatic muslims all over the world and many times over.
The same argument could also be made of the persecutions by the US govt against jim jones’ peoples’ temple that drove him and his flock to seek asylum in Guyana. Yet, there was nothing written in jim jones’ sacred books that called for slaughter of non-believers, none whatsoever as compared to the numerous calls for violence against infidels in the quran and ahadith. Not only that, prior to the investigative visit by a US congressman and his team to Guyana there wasn't any jim jones' followers going about killing innocent civilians or flew suicide planes into high rise buildings in the name of their god as did the fanatic muslims.
If congress would have the guts to call for a hearing regarding the religious status of islam based on what were written in the quran, the ahadith and other Islamic scriptures that calls for violence against innocent people, and compare the behavior of muslims that turned devout and violent, they will find that the behavior of muslims or even converts that turned violent is consistent to the teaching of the quran, the ahadith and other Islamic scriptures, even to the letter. Recent case in point is the Little Rock murder case of American muslim convert adulhakim muhammad. Yet, there are countless muslim converts that turned violent when they were religiously delusioned into the evil of islam.
If Congress would find that islam is not a religion but a violent cult, then the First Amendment issue won't be an issue the same way the cults of david koresh, jim jones, charles manson, marshall "Do" applewhite (heaven's gate cult), etc wouldn't be a religious or First Amendment issue.
I can only do my best to warn you to save America and the Western civilization. You can either investigate and do your own research diligently or close your eyes to stand with the “religion” of evil. If things go in your way, there would be bloodshed and perpetual unrests for our children. With that, it makes me appreciate and understand more clearly why the ancient Israelites suffered the violent consequences at their enemies’ hands when they refused to heeds the warnings given by God.