While criticism is not now criminal (at least here in the US), extant hate-crime laws do in fact criminalize thought, which is a terrible mistake, IMO. It's certainly possible to see such existing law being pushed farther, when the proper thing to do would be to repeal any such laws.
WRT to Islam, what is usually seen is self-censorship. Many times it's because the violence which pervades Islam makes threats of violence in response to expression credible.
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