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The 'Atlantic Gap' usually refers to differences in religious commitment between the United States and Europe. In this paper, I argue that the gap extends beyond religious intensity to 'regimes' of religion and state, defined as the system of norms, rules, decision styles and other elements that influence how religion is treated in the public square. To illustrate the differences between the contrasting American and Western European regimes, I compare how the two systems react when a specific religious minority - Muslims - attempts to build religious facilities. In this case, despite comparable levels of public hostility to Muslims on both sides of the Atlantic, the American system provides considerably more legal protection to religious minorities than the Western European regime.