God, US law, and muslim law . . .

What are you talking about? It is not illegal to be Christian in Bangladesh. The Christian community isn't large, but it is there - they have Christian names like Clement, Simon, Magdalena, Sebastian. They've been around since the Portugese missionaries.

Do you think there are no Christians who would like to execute Muslims (or Jews or gays or whomever)? There are bad apples in every barrel.

 

You thought wrong. I'm married to someone from a predominantly Muslim country. His family is secular and he is vaguely deist.

I asked Mr. Daisy and he said that he has never heard of such a thing, but he has said that the country has gotten more religious than it was when he was a boy. For instance, people used to answer the phone with "Hello" and now it's "Praise Allah". In Arabic which no one speaks there. A lot of this is new, not "still".

Yes it is. What you don't seem to understand is that an anecdotal horror story is not typical.

Right, because true Christians are perfectly loving and never dehumanize their enemies.

The nice thing about Christianity is that you actually have to DO something that shows your faith is real. Unlike some other religions that ask their believers to kill in the name of a hateful 'god'.[/quote]

 

That fact is the basis for a bit of increased concern.

True, "an" anecdotal horror story isn't, but an increasing number indicate change.

It appears that dehumanizing enemies is a trait mankind as a whole has not overcome.

 

A lot of concern. The Saudi influence is growing. The US had been a strong influence since we supported (at the end) the Bangladeshi separation from (then) West Pakistan, independence. The Saudis have invested a lot of money and time there in the last couple of decades.

Elections are in January so strife will probably increase until then.

 

Agreed! Perhaps the strife will decrease afterwards.

 

Maybe he's talking about this:

 

Christians are discriminated against there, but it is not shariia. If it makes a difference, there are Christian terrorists in the North.

 

Since I never have yet, when do you think I will begin?

I am not the one who has designated The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) as a terrorist organization. They self-identify as Christians.

oh, they're not real(tm) Christians so it doesn't count

How do you distinguish political and territorial violence from religious violence?

Unreal and untrue.

The Sikhs certainly agree. Turbans are not a Muslim thing, they are a regional-cultural thing.

You know, I'd take that a step further and say that we should defend the rights of all people around the world to live without the fear of being murdered. This has gone on since Cain.

Most Muslims do prefer peace much like other people.

They don't worship Mohammed and they are the opposite of idolators (no representations of gods are allowed, and the strictest don't allow representations of people or animals either).

And vice versa.

 

Amen. As we check back through history, some Christians have had to literally hide underground when they were invaded by muslims. Such as in Cappadocia.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/...ng_long-term_about_christian-muslim_relations

Islam presently is on the third jihad to overtake and rule the world and nations are falling one by one like dominoes. Christians in many, many countries are being persecuted and murdered by muslims and even "moderate" muslims will turn to jihad to kill Christians if it means they themselves will be killed by fellow muslims for not following the quran to kill infidels. Christians even in the West may find themselves hiding underground to escape the sword of islam, just as earlier Christians have had to do. History repeats itself.

 

You really think that the moment one worships the one True God, one becomes incapable of sin?