Re: Happy Diwali
what your version of islam says about living a gud life in kafir's land?
First of all this question has nothing to do with diwali. And secondly you should ask this question to all the muslims living in India for a better answer.
Why should it offend me? It does not offend me at all - if that is what your religion islam says, I guess it is your problem, not mine. But it does not sound right - why would a religion which wants to build positive qualities of people contain such negativity? I daresay it is likely your misunderstanding.
If we muslims start celebrating diwali(which is related to hindu god vishnu) then it'll be the biggest hypocrisy of us and it won't create any positiveness rather no one would be able to differentiate between hinduism and Islam, we believe in one God which is Allah, we don't believe in many gods like vishnu, brahaman etc, so how can we celebrate something that is related to god vishnu did when we don't even believe in such a creature to be a god or God.
But the next one, about religious law not being legal - is a matter of fact. There is no country in the world that does not have a set of laws distinct and separate from any religion. Even vatican (it is called The Holy Sea for some reason) has lawsa outside of religion (for example Bible does not cover parking laws - try parking in the wrong place in Vatican (personal experience here :) ).
This is simple, Islam tells us to abide the laws of a country where we live in, thats why we have to follow the traffic and parking rules of that country. :)