Christians and Muslims - can we be friends?

Question

Okay, I know the Bible says that we should not be unequally yolked. Does that nix any mixed faith relationships (platonic and otherwise) in the bud? I mean close friendships, not just aquaintances and superficial things like that.
Anyways, I've read an article that said that Muslims are only allowed to be friends with a nonMuslim for a certain amount of time and then if that person doesn't become a Muslim they have to stop being friends with them or kill them or something. Now, I've met several very kind Muslims (which is why I'm asking here). Is that made up?
I'm asking not to make people angry or anything, I'm really wondering.
So, Christians please explain the Bible part to me and let me know if it's okay for me to have friendships outside of my religion. Muslims. . . I don't know, I'm not attacking you, I'm just asking about something that I've heard.
People who aren't either, say whatever and I may or may not ignore you, LOL.

Answer 1

Bethlehem is under the control of the Palestinian Authority.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, writing in The Times of London during a four-day swing through the region, bemoaned the state of Christians in the Muslim world.

"Iraq's Christian population is dropping by thousands every couple of months and some of their most effective leaders have been forced to emigrate. In Istanbul, the Orthodox population is a tiny remnant, and their patriarch is told by some of the Turkish press that it's time he left. In Egypt, where Christian-Muslim relations have been - and still are - intimate and good, attacks on Christians are notably more frequent," Williams wrote.

The Times separately quotes Canon Andrew White, president of the Foundation for Reconciliation in the Middle East and vicar of St. George's Church in Baghdad: "All my staff at the church have been killed," he said. "They disappeared about a year ago and we never saw them again. Of the rest of my congregation, most say they have been targeted in some way or have had letters delivered with bullets in them."

On his visit to Bethlehem, for example, Williams wrote that the town's Christian population is down to "barely a quarter," and, "There are some disturbing signs of Muslim anti-Christian feeling, despite the consistent traditions of coexistence."

As an aside, we might note that Israel takes special care NOT to attack churches and mosques, so as a result the terrorists like to hoe up in such places of worship, and thereby gain immunity, at least temporarily.

Answer 2

i'm a Christian who has greater Muslim friends than Christian friends, in particular by using the place i stay. however that's amazingly interesting and insightful to be surrounded via those with distinctive ideals, because it enables me to make stronger my very own perception. each time im interior the business employer of my friends i continuously learn something new approximately their faith regardless of my own perception on the hot expertise of Islam. there have been circumstances i desired to be around Christians, like while my friends could communicate over with a minimum of one yet another approximately their faith in such away i could no longer remark or make contributions to the communique, by using my little expertise of the subject rely they have been on approximately. over the years i've got popular my Muslim friends we've had extremely alot of debates yet have nevertheless remained friends for over 5yrs. i can now proudly say that if i replaced into examined on the Islamic faith i ought to probably do extraordinarily nicely for a non-believer of the religion.

Answer 3

YES

Muslims can have relationship from the people of the BOOK...i.e. Christian and Jews.......