Is there a liberal double standard regarding religion?

So the Ilhan Omar situation has been pretty big news here in Minnesota. For those of you not very familiar with this, Omar is the now infamous Muslim Congresswomen who alledgedly married her own brother to garner her citizenship. But she is most recently in the news for making some fairly inflammatory anti-semetic remarks on her twitter feed. She offered what seemed to be a fairly insincere apology, while not really walking anything she stated back. In fact, shortly after making the so called apology, she scheduled herself to appear in public with someone who is considered extremely anti-Semitic.

The problem here is that Omar seems to be a fairly devout old school Muslim who has some pretty set in stone ideas about Israel, Palestine, and the role of the Jewish community in the Middle East. It's abundantly clear that (like most of the billions of Muslims in the world) that she does not like Jewish people and basically hold anti-Semitic views that she probably sees as mainstream Muslim beliefs.

The problem is that Omar quite obviously sees her role in Congress as one of looking out for these Muslim beliefs, and pushing Middle-Eastern policy based on those beliefs. Now this is not necessarily different (in principal) from a Jewish Congress member pushing Middle-Eastern policy based on what is best for Israel and the Jewish community there. But of course, only one side of this debate is looking to eliminate the other side from existence in the area.

Moreover, American support of the State of Israel in the region is a long held and important middle eastern policy, in large part not only because of our large Jewish population, but because Israel happens to be one of the only Democracies in the area.

This is one of those areas where a Christian can be accused of being a religious zealot due to the fact that they might be pro-life, or accused of being part of a hate-group if they believe that marriage should be between a man and a women. But we are supposed to provide a wide latitude when the religion in question is Muslim, and the beliefs being spouted are anti-Semite and possibly even an advocation of violence.

Keep in mind that the Muslim faith holds some the strongest anti-gay beliefs of any religion. Homosexually is not accepted by most Muslims (much less gay marriage).  Homosexuals can be stoned to death in some Muslim countries.

President Trump has called on Omar to resign. Democratic leadership has condemned the remarks.

But all of this just goes to show how difficult it will be to consolidate all of these beliefs (tactfully) now have a Congress that has a make up of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faiths. Obviously these faiths have not always been friendly to one another, and these differences have been responsible for much war and carnage over time.

I think it's important for everyone to be respectful of all faiths, even when your particular faith takes serious issue with another. If this is to work, we have to be just as hard on Omar and other Muslims who are being elected, as we are with Christians or Jews who serve. If these Muslims become prone to supporting policies that might include the destruction of Israel and the extinction of the Jewish faith, then we have be even harder on them.