Re: Practicing or Appearing?
No both are not equally important. And I will answer under STA’s comment
Believe is substantiated by practice, and that is why according to some aalims, a be-namazi of 3 days is wajibul qatal as he is murtid (one who no longer believes). No aalim says that a nunga muslim is wajibul qatal. Thay is another example of practice is more important than appearance.