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I guess this is where we are different, I won't kill someone who insults Christians or Jesus.
And I believe you would not have any problem with Muslims displaying their crescent moon and star, displaying an Islamic name on a highly visible mosque, or distributing pamphlets or otherwise inviting folks to come to the mosque. The Jewish synagogue would be a welcome addition to almost any community. A Buddhist temple would be a-okay. Live and let live. That is the common Christian way almost everywhere. Also the usual Jewish way or Buddhist way.
But in almost all Islamic countries you would not be able to display a Christian cross, put a Christian name on a church, or use ANY means to invite non-Christian folks to come to church. The Star of David would likely be even more forbidden.
And it is difficult to think the same would not be the case if Muslims gained a significant majority in the UK or France or Belgium or the USA.
I'm still waiting for Sunniman or any of our Muslim friends to dispute that.
I feel no animosity for Sunniman nor any other Muslims, but nobody has given me ANY reason yet to think that Islam is not a threat to Western Civilization as we know it.
Well it depends on what Islamic country you go to, in Syria and Lebanon they actually have large Christian populations and they have Churches, Lebanon used to be 80% Christian at 1 point. But in Saudi Arabia they have no Churches and it is illegal to display anything un Islamic, anyone caught practicing their faith in the presence of Muslims is arrested. Its that kind of intolerance that irks non Muslims and they don't want it. Christians definently have targets on their back in certain Muslim countries now, particularly in Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria and Pakistan. Too bad no high ranking Muslim scholar is speaking out against it. If Muslims were being slaughtered here in the States or in England all hell would be breaking loose.
Yes, I have worked directly with missionaries in Indonesia, Turkey, Iraq, and the Sudan. In all places Christianity is left pretty much alone UNLESS it becomes openly visible or Christians are caught distributing Bibles or 'proselyting'. Then it isn't so friendly. And in many (most?) Islamic nations, Christians are expected to respect Islamic traditions and customs - head scarfs and such. They are not required to affirm devotion to Allah or anything like that but they also cannot openly testify to their own faith.
Even in modern Communist China--not that China is Islamc--the Church is tolerated in small quantities. Congregations that become too large or too visible are broken up.
It's all in recognizing God given unalienable rights and freedom to think, speak, or affirm whatever you wish so long as you don't violate the rights of others. It is that in Western Civilization that I think is most at risk.
And if I'm wrong about that, then I'm wrong. But nobody yet has given me any reason to believe that I am.