I understand, but its just a rocky road to get on the topic of what “the Muslim people” think. They aren’t a monolith, its difficult to summarize the views of millions of people. And there are always differing views on topics within any religious group…like you mentioned earlier, you feel the destruction of the Babri mosque wasn’t right, so I wouldn’t judge your opinion by asking whether every Indian agreed with you or not. There are basic human rights in any situation which should be respected, regardless of what others think.
The conversion, like I mentioned earlier, does NOT infuriate me. Just read my last post.
Thats a huge generalization. I’m quite aware of the Christian faith, having grown up as the only Muslim around several Christians my whole life, thank you very much. And I’m sure there are Christians who are aware of the Muslim faith as well.
Muslims who convert wouldn’t see it that way though now, would they? For me anyways, I see God as He who I should fear and He who loves me more than anyone all at the same time. For many Christians, you dont fear God because there is an overwhelming assurance that if you accept Jesus into your heart, you will be ‘saved’ no matter what and will go to Heaven. Your deeds in this world don’t matter as much as your belief, regardless of whether the two even match up (e.g. saying you believe in God, but refusing to follow the commands of God) And I think there is far more to Christianity than just Jesus and the Bible, so why reduce a faith to a book and a prophet? The concept of original sin for example is one big difference between the two faiths.
I dont see how this is relevant to the topic at hand?
Its not that cut and dry, my friend. Even Muslims hesitate to say “we will all go to heaven!” because Allah (swt) knows best and sometimes a small deed of good can please God enough to grant jannat al-firdaus while one sin in a sea of good deeds can displease Him enough to make us go to hell. Secondly, there are many people who even disagree on whether the Christians of today believe exactly what Christians did in previous times. We all know the main unforgivable sin is shirk, i.e. associating anyone with God, and the Christians I grew up with prayed to Jesus, not to God (or would often use the terms interchangeably). So how can you so knowingly argue that all Muslims believe that Christians will go to heaven without any doubt? I’m not saying they will or they won’t, I’m just saying that there is a difference of opinion even amongst Muslims.
The problem is that when the Muslim community does clarify their position, it gets ZERO media attention. Just look at CAIR. They are one of the main arenas for the North American Muslim community, yet it doesnt make ‘good news’ to cover a story about Muslims actually being against violence or terrorism.