Why is religion tolerance not accepted in muslim countries????

Question

i consider myself a fairly tolerant person, i have friends of all religions and have been around the world.
I was quite shocked to read that in saudi arabia there is such a thing as religious police.
It also bothers me that even though i accept people as they are and do not force my style and beliefs on them, when visiting other countries i have often faced the pressure of having to abide by their rules.
I need your thoughts on tolerance... I think it is a concept that should apply to all the world.

i dont agree with the whole communist-america thing either.
we call ourselves free countries but only to what we like???
point well taken about respecting culture but a religious police????
also it is an accepted custom among societies to make guests feel welcome.

sorry if i over generalized... the case of saudi arabia was the most extreme of cases and wrote it down. In most muslim countries other religions are just not that acceptable to different degrees.
i have no religious aspirations
i think people should practice what they like and it struck a raw nerve to know that there is a place where they actually police what you believe.

Answer 1

Because those are religous nations and are not built upon polotics, greed, and money. To answer your question, I give an analogy. That is like asking why communism is not accepted in the united states. Conflict of interest. PEACE!

EDIT: Saudi Arabia is just one islamic nation out of many. One can not judge an entire religion off of one region. Take Jordan for example. One of the most beautifull places with beautifull people. The burial ground of aaron(pbuh) is also on the land on top of a mount. I can see where you are coming from with the political view. I hate polotics. America is basically an imperialistic nation that hides behind the word "democracy". I was just putting forth an analogy. Though I know it was not the best. Because I do not know your view on the world. So I give you another answer.

Islam is a very tolerant religion, but don't confuse that with culture. They are 2 different things. So some islamic nations can be very tolerable to an extent, while others can not. It has mostly to do with culture.

Answer 2

The details in your question is contradacting your question.
You said: "I was quite shocked to read that in saudi arabia there is such a thing as religious police"

So, that is something in Saudi only not all muslim contires as you have mentioned in in your question. please do not generalize an act of some on a whole religion. If Islam does not tolerate other religions then all muslim contries should have implemented this rule. No christians or jews would have been allowed to live besides Muslims.

But there is a point in not allowing infedels inside Mekkah which is a holy land of Muslims and a place for piligrimage. It is not for tourism. Also as per muslims a person should do Ihram and intend hajj or Umrah before coming to Mekkah which an infidel will definetly not be aware of. Another reason is that Prophet Mohammed a member of Qureishi Family who was raised between them and who was trusted by the Qureishis was thrown out of Mekkah when he started to ask them to pray to one God. His message was a threat to the leaders of Mekkah who used to bribe, cheat, do illegal actions, have slaves, trade in slaves,.kill baby girls. The prophet message stood firm agains these practises. His message said that all people were equal in fron of Allah except in the degree of faith in him. This meant that slaves an leaders will be same, white & black will be same, girls should not be killed, bribing is haram and will be punished, gambling is haram since it is a way of eating others money. an so on went his message, therefore, they tortured him and his followers an were forced to leave Mekkah. Then when Islam has grew in Medinah, they were given the order to go for Hajj (piligrimage), but Mekkah was in QUraishis hands. So when the great happening of Opening Mekkah happened the Quraishis expected that prophet Mohammed would kill them all, but what actualy the prophet did was that he said that whoever entered Islam was safe and whoever entered the house of ABuSufian (an infidel who became muslim on the day ot fateh Mekka) was also safe. He did not kill anybody nor did he return their cruelity, then he orderd to clear mekkah from all the status which were inside and around the Kaaba and to make Mekka the secure and holy place for muslims to practice their religion , and no war shoul be commited in Mekkah.

Answer 3

It depends on the history, politically and culturally, of the Muslim country in question. There are some Muslim countries where Christians are not persecuted, such as Malaysia, Egypt and Turkey; some where sectarian violence flares at certain times in certain parts, as in Indonesia, Palestine and Iraq, some where you have to be very careful as a Christian at all times, but are still allowed to worship by law, like Pakistan, some like Afghanistan where it's almost impossible, and the special case of Saudi Arabia where it's illegal.

There are historical reasons for all this. But remember the persecution by "Christians" of Jews, Muslims and other Christians for centuries in Europe, and what we did as "Christians" to Native Americans in both North and South America, and what white "God-fearing Protestant Christians" were doing until a few years ago to blacks in South Africa, justified by their religious beliefs. Christians, usually evangelical fundamentalist Protestants, have stolen from and killed Native Americans and blacks using the justification that God told the Israelites to destroy the Caananite tribes. This argument is still very much used today by pro-Zionist Christians to defend the appalling way Israel treats the Palestinians, some of whom are Christians, not Muslims.

Answer 4

In my opinion Muslims have an insatiable fear of the truth, they will kill any one, and anything to keep it's secret from getting out, they force a false Islamic religion on anyone that dose not abide by their rule of law, they will never tolerate anyone or anything that questions the Islamic religion, unquestionably a religion that has the most hateful inciting violence by top Muslim clerics in the world today.

Answer 5

it is, i would say rather intolerant to visit another persons country and cast judgement on their laws and society based on your own belief system. part of being tolerant is accepting other peoples beliefs, laws and social conducts without thinking less of them for being different. look at the U.S and the U,K one allows freedom of speach freedom of religion and such and the other is a right wing fascist state run by a mad man who thinks he has the ear of god almighty and runs a dictatorship under the ideolistic belief that he is saving the world. yet the U.K is still able to it's ally and help it in it's idiotic quests not unlike a support worker would help someone with learning difficulties push a door that had a pull sign on it

Answer 6

Well, we live in a free country that ALLOWS religious freedom and freedom from persecution.

Their country, however, is NOT free. They are dictacted by their religion. They are told what to believe, they are told how to act, and they are told what to think about other religions.

It's not the religion as a whole. Most modern Muslim's in other countries, especially free ones, do "tolerate" other religions and beliefs.

Personally, I hate the word tolerate. It makes it seem forced.

I think we should all RESPECT each other and our different beliefs/non-beliefs.

Answer 7

Muslims. What can you say about them? On one hand they tell you the Koran is about love and peace and on the other they hate everything that is not middle eastern. Gimmie a brake! Christians used to claim that killing for Christ is a good thing hundreds years ago but now we all know this is wrong. Judging by the Arabic countries educational lever, give them a few millenniums and they will be fine :)

Answer 8

You are right that tolerance is one of the most important attributes of human nature and, possibly, the lack of tolerance is the main reason that the world is such a mess right now.

However, one of the first rules of civilized behavior is that when you go into another person's house (or country) you abide by their rules. If you are unwilling to then you should go someplace else. That is also another side of tolerance.

IMHO

Answer 9

no longer precisely genuine, there are different religions in some Muslim international places, no longer many, yet some. The Chaldean Christians have over 233 parishes and over 177 church homes and chapels, and fifty two Chaldean colleges in the time of Muslim international places. areas with significant populations Iraq 550,000 Syria 40,000 Iran 20,000 Turkey 8,000

Answer 10

It is in their DNA Ever hear the expression My way or the highway. If you follow the news you know it is their intent to convert us to their intolerant way or kill the infidel{non believer of Islim} They don't just hate Jews they hate everyone who isn't their religion. Think how horrible the USA would be if the founding fathers would want all Americans to be white Anglo Saxon Protestants like they were. There would be n o USA and we should have more than tolerance for our fellow humans, except for those who want to takr\e the world nack to the Dark Ages. I abhor them. Dr Robert Schuler
's famous quote is, "God loves you and so do I." but not Muslim Facists