I found the opinions voiced by the 2 authors of this article quite reasonable and appreciate that they spoke out on this topic at this time while knowing that they thereby would likely be subject to abusive comments simply because they were Muslims speaking out and with little actual relevance to the points they raise in the article. 

Viewed objectively, it is inescapable that too many people in North America, Canadians included, are currently prepared to criticize our fellow Muslim citizens harshly simply because they are Muslims expressing an opinion.

Further, as the recent upsurge in incidents of antisemitism and against Sikhs show, this rise in intolerance and of acceptance of intolerance is becoming focussed upon an ever-larger list of groups.