I cannot say if what they did was right or wrong(the trail) but i can say that we do have freedom of worship in islam and examples are numerous from Quranic verse to historic text.......
.What did the prophet do to the people of Mecca(they worshiped a multitude of gods and idols) who used to abuse ,beat, throw animal remains on him while he prays and insult him on a daily basis until he was forced to immigrate to El Madina? He could have punished or even killed them all when he returned victorious, but he did nothing of the sort ....everyone co-exsisted peacefully......
How did islam deal with christians when they went to Egypt and Spain..????were churches destroyed or people killed?????they could have considering that it was common practice for conquerers to rape pilidge and plunder....but they did no such thing...Ask butterfly

The Quran specifically states that everybody has their own religion ...you have yours ..i have mine.....Freedom

I'm just sick of people blaming religion -any religion -for how a minority of self proclaimed followers act..............Am i supposed to judge the whole American population ,for example ,by how their goverment acts in the name of freedom and the American way of life...They dropped packages of food and medical aid on Afghanistan from one plane while bombing them with another...you eat ..u die??!!!?

I also want to say that the way muslims see death is not like the way most people see it......Death is only the begining for us............................................................................thankyou and god bless u!!!.lili.