| You know and there is a certain propagandising that goes along with all of this anyway on behalf of Islam.. All that is heard lately is how misunderstood it is and such by other religions and how we require understanding and knowledge but is all of this educating a two way street??
I think the ignorance and lack of tolerance of other religious beliefs is just as much a problem on the Muslim side of the table if not more so but with even less interest or even allowance to understand since that too is supposed to be considered a sin in Islam.. Most recent case & point is the kidnap and detention of the Korean missionaries in Afghanistan who their captors claimed were preaching Christianity..So what?? That should be an acceptable exchange of thoughts and ideas..And then allow the people to make up their minds for themselves. But that is what ultimately terrifies Muslim extremists the most..That introduction to other ideas, free, independent thought and beliefs..
I also believe that an education and level of sophistication of other religions has to be achieved in order to be tolerant and accepting of a persons right to believe how they want and the preponderance of Muslims are not to that level and much of their religious teachings deplore the principle of reaching that level of understanding..
Here in lies another problem. How many Bible interpretations has the Bible gone through?? And while it is far more tolerant and less misunderstood look at how many different ways it is still translated to this day? The same for the Torah..
How many incarnations has the Quran gone through? My point is there needs to be an evolution and a sophisticating of a religious belief along with the education of society and modernizing for a modern world to make them compatible..
IMO that hasn't occured yet with much of Islams followers and the Imams that preach it..
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