El-Sayed has publicly said that he believes in the separation of religion and government.
General assurances about religious liberty are easy.
The difficult questions concern specific conflicts.
Would El-Sayed oppose any restriction on speech simply because Muslims regard that speech as blasphemous?
Would he unequivocally defend the right of a Muslim American to leave Islam and convert to Christianity?
Would he protect Christians who publicly preach that Islam is false and that salvation exists only through Jesus Christ?
Would he reject any attempt to give Islamic religious principles governmental authority over marriage, inheritance or family law?
Would he defend the same freedom for criticism of Muhammad and the Quran that Americans possess to criticize Christianity and the Bible?
And most importantly:
If his understanding of Sharia conflicted with the constitutional liberties of another American, which one wins?
Those are the questions that reveal where the boundary actually lies.
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