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Quite. However, we are dealing with a branch of Fundamentalism here. And as with Islamic, Christian Fundamentalism has its own logic which has its bases in fear, a sense of dis-empowerment, and the adulation and adherence to a charismatic leader who speaks what their hearts secretly believe and promises what they desire.
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This made me think that perhaps the fear in these circles about HP may be due to the internal message of the book. Voldemort is this charismatic leader who makes promises to his followers that they will be richly rewarded, and anyone who stands against him does so in fear. Possibly Fundamentalists fear that people will draw parallels between the way of life that they follow and the occurrences in the book. There have been some posts on this thread that say Fundamentalists are, if not stupid then at least unable to see that there is a distinction here, maybe they cannot see this distinction as it
is similar to their religion.
Of course this occurs in LotR as well so there is the major flaw in my theory!