Hi Arabhamid, I'm doing well, thanks :) that is not right, it doesn't make us man, who said that! I guess it's roughly the same proportion as the Christians who shout at Muslims for saying Jesus was a prophet. Most Muslims, I think, don't care one way or the other about Baha'i, because they are confident in their religion, but the Baha'i have sadly faced some pretty nasty persecutions over the years. The thing is, in Islam, Muhammad is the Seal of the Prophets, right? Most Muslims would agree that this is a very important part of their faith, that Muhammad was the last Prophet. Baha'i believe that there were prophets after Muhammad. Hence, conflict, even though the Baha'i also claim to honor Muhammad as a beloved prophet. It's this same idea that makes some Christians have issues with Islam and Judaism and other belief systems. Muhammad said that Jesus was not God. That means, whatever other nice things he said about Jesus, he is still saying that what many Christians believed their whole lives is wrong. Some Christians get upset about this and react in stupid, yet sadly human, ways. Why that, Islam came believing in Christianity and prophets. in the other hand, Jews don't, atheists don't believe in all that, and they're not blamed. It's not just a problem Islam has, the existence of any other religion makes some monotheist people upset because it challenges their beliefs. The distrust and prejudice Islam is suffering in the West right now is just another incident in a long, sad string of tragedies, of "others" being discriminated against. Unfortunately, even now Jews and atheists do not escape hardship even in the USA. Jews suffer from far more hate crimes than any other religious group in the USA, and atheists are the least trusted minority group in the USA, less than Muslims. So it's hard out there for everyone. We are not a perfect society.
That is because lack of knowledge, if they read history and goegraphy, they would know that Islam and Christianity (Muslims and Christians) lived in peace under Islam. I don't think they even have to do that. For a lot of the people I think you are talking about, if they just met an average Muslim and got to know him/her a little, it would go a long way towards solving ignorance. And that's happening. In the USA, especially, Muslims are assimilating very well and are Americans in every sense of the word. But you asked, why do they do what they do. "Lack of knowledge" is a pretty good answer, right? :) We don't have Christians here, just few thousands. But they have feelings, right? ;) I just wanted to say that I was only making a point about Western Christians. My answer on Christian-Muslim-Jewish relations would be different if I was an Egyptian Coptic Christian, probably. They claim that God chose them amoung all nations to be closed from him, and others are not more than ordinary people. and they link that more to their Root (Israelites) than their believes. I think there is more debate about that within Judaism than you seem to think, but I'm not in any way a Jewish scholar, so I can't really talk about this knowledgeably. It can be, when people follow God's laws, God would bless their deeds and help them, and we can see the result on the ground, which can go for long period of time. God is always with rightrouse people who spread justice and his word throw poeple. I agree with you that acting in a righteous way will consistently bring benefits in this world, and that acting in a bad way will consistently be bad for people. I just have serious issues with the extent that God has influence in how actual events turn out. I don't like the idea of God "testing" people. I think that nature tests us, and God offers us help. I am certainly less "righteous" than a starving child in Africa, yet I have a lot more wealth than he does, this could not be so if material blessings came from God. I'd be very interested to talk to you about what you mean when you say God stands with righteous people, though. This is a question I struggle with myself. "It doesn't have to be a binary Christian-Muslim argument. " . How that ? I just mean that there are lots of ways to view Jesus, not just a "Christian" way and a "Muslim" way. i hope what I've just written made some sense. Looking forward to your reply.
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