Religion had little to nothing to do with the Crusades, it was an economic conquest wrapped in religion as a cloak. Religion also had nothing to do with Nazi Germany, unless you include the cult religion that Herr Schickelgruber dreamed up ( a cross between the norse gods, aryan myths and Christianity) as a religion.

On another point, so called "hate crimes" legislation are pieces of legalistic maneuvering to appease special interest groups. If I kill or otherwise injure someone of the same race/creed/color as I am, how is that any less heinous an act than if I do it to someone of another stripe? How in the heck does a jury or a prosecutor think they know what I was thinking when I did someone?