2006-07-27 00:12:15 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://www.hvk.org/articles/0303/179.html
2006-07-27 00:37:54 · update #1
yes... i think they are centers of terrorist cell activity in the US and preach against america...
since that will not happen, i think their activities should be closely monitored.
2006-07-27 00:18:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
NO! America is a country of all preferences. We cannot close certain doors to prove a point to another country. That would be completely juvenile. Saudi Arabia is very strict in its religious composition, America, on the other hand, is a mixture of all religions and backgrounds... Where as it is sac-religious to support another religion in Saudi Arabia it would be unconstitutional for America to deny a faith, or the right to gather and practice the faith.
2006-07-27 00:19:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can do whatever they want over there, we cant make them do anything. It's christians who are trying to live over there, which the inhabitants dont like. The US is a democracy which should in theory not favor christians over any others, but it does anyways these days.
Oh by the way since US and saudi arabia are oil business partners, the last thing any politician would want is to anger them.
2006-07-27 01:05:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll answer diffrently. Saudi Arabia has been successful not alllowing any churches over there. But USA will never be able to disallow mosques. They can't even if they want. So choose to be (showing) honest, America is not like Arabia!!
2006-07-27 08:21:09 · answer #4 · answered by SFNDX 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, is it banned in all of Saudi or Mekka only?
Second, may be it is because this country houses al-Kaaba? there must be a reason. Do not take it as a rejection of Christianity. Muslims are orderd to respect Christians and Jews.
2006-07-27 00:30:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does Islam Tolerate Other Beliefs?
The Qur'an says: "God forbids you not, with regards to those who fight you not for [your] faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them; for God loveth those who are just." (Qur'an, 60:8)
It is one function of Islamic law to protect the privileged status of minorities, and this is why non-Muslim places of worship have flourished all over the Islamic world.
History provides many examples of Muslim tolerance towards other faiths: when the caliph Omar entered Jerusalem in the year 634, Islam granted freedom of worship to all religious communities in the city.
Islamic law also permits non-Muslim minorities to set up their own courts, which implement family laws drawn up by the minorities themselves.
When the caliph Omar took Jerusalem from the Byzantines, he insisted on entering the city with only a small number of his companions. Proclaiming to the inhabitants that their lives and property were safe, and that their places of worship would never be taken from them, he asked the Christian patriarch Sophronius to accompany him on a visit to all the holy places.
The Patriarch invited him to pray in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, but he preferred to pray outside its gates, saying that if he accepted, later generations of Muslims might use his action as an excuse to turn it into a mosque.
2006-07-27 00:18:26 · answer #6 · answered by Pure 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Banning isn't the way to win the war on religion.
We must just continue to expose the god myth, and educate people on the danger of religion. The muslim nutcases are doing a good job of this right now.
2006-07-27 00:18:23 · answer #7 · answered by Jolly1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We pride ourselves in being a religious nation and open for all people to worship as they see fit. I hope we can remain tolerant of that personal choice no matter what politics are playing in the background. Every person needs to have a gateway to God and the right to worship and pray as they so choose.
2006-07-27 00:18:52 · answer #8 · answered by Kay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be lowering oneself to their level, and America is the land of the religiously free and tolerant (as long as it's not physically harmful to a person).
This is coming from a Christian.
2006-07-27 00:17:38 · answer #9 · answered by AxisofOddity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not, why punish a population in our country for another countries misjudgments. Plus at that point we are ignoring the constitutions separation of church and state.
2006-07-27 00:17:00 · answer #10 · answered by Lasher702 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. We should not lower ourselves down to their level of forced religion. We should be an example of how to be and not belittle them like schoolyard bullys on their repressive laws.
B'sides, we in the USA have enough stupid stuff we're doing already... why should we want to add more?
2006-07-27 01:34:58 · answer #11 · answered by Paul McDonald 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋