I think you will find that peoples' religious beliefs easily trump the other things, except insulting their family/loved ones...so if one can't respect the thing that is most important to them, you'll have problems
you misunderstood Bes, I just added the "many other people" part to show that it may be the same for others...I am not saying that is the reason I believe it
they shouldn't get special treatment...you and anybody else is well within your rights to believe in whatever you want, but when that manifests into defaming another religion, that's when it turns ugly
My religion for me is evidence of a higher being and is not just faith, and it is probably for many other people too...and therefore they became important to me