To be or not to be.. (a moderate Muslim or an extremist Muslim)

I feel compelled to write after reading and hearing quite a lot about how moderate Muslims must stop other Muslims from becoming extremists. I'm not quite sure what people exactly mean. Are they implying that Islam is a religion, which if one becomes a devout believer and a practicing worshipper you are liable to blow yourself up along with innocent bystanders? Am I correct in interpreting this to mean that if a Christian decides to devoutly follow their faith, it is seen as a commendable act, they are pious people serving God.

For me it's quite simple. If you are saying that you can be too much of a Muslim and end up an "extremist". How far are we from actually dehumanising Muslims to the point that the Jews were demonised under the Nazis? Why is it difficult to understand that faith is not the issue (see yesterday's post). What Blair and Bush have succeeded in doing is to play into the hands of the terrorists and provide them with propaganda to set up a "them and us" scenario.