Re: Have Muslims made a mockery of Islam?
Unfair? Perhaps it is difficult to reconcile your interpretation of God’s will with the verses I cited. I’m simply going by your posts here. The “certain level of intolerance” you described earlier amounts to coercion and hostility. It also selectively applies to people leaving, not entering. You (reluctantly) argue against compulsion, and for “openness.” Then you insist “leaving will not be tolerated,” and that “should you enter then it has to be for life.” Says who? What a dogmatic, stultifying approach to spiritual growth. You do realize ultimatums = compulsion? How does it make moral, spiritual or practical sense to compel someone to believe something their heart and mind does not agree with? Is this not a transgression of God’s will? Even prayer is discouraged if the spirit is not in it. The only difference between a private apostate and a public one is that the latter has integrity. You equate a change of heart with a mockery of religion - that in itself is a mockery of the spirit of belief. It is a mockery of human agency, of free will. Cults rely on threat and force to keep their followers from leaving. If you have faith in the Truth, you’d let it speak for itself.