Can you name one Muslim nation that allows total religious freedom?
2007-02-13 03:26:16 · 16 answers · asked by zeepogee 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If a nation allows total religious freedom then it is NOT a Christian nation. You're question makes no sense. Total religious freedom means all religions not just Christianity. Doofus
2007-02-13 03:38:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lebanon has religious freedom, and Egypt does that too. Also in Africa there are Muslim nations that allow people to enjoy religious freedom.
But for Christian nations, religious freedom came after the many deaths that took place during the Catholic-Protestant wars. America was built taking into consideration the persecution in England and other places such as Spain and the Spanish Colonies where the Holy Inquisition was causing many deaths until the end of the 19th Century.
2007-02-13 03:35:27 · answer #2 · answered by David G 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It wasn't always true. Jews were often persecuted in countries that were mostly Christian. Catholics were often persecuted in Protestant countries. Catholics and Protestants were fighting each other in Ireland; I haven't heard anything about that lately, though. People who practiced Christian heresies or witchcraft were persecuted in Christian countries, often times innocent people were accused of being witches and they were tortured and killed. USA and England seem to do a pretty good job of practicing tolerance, but I think Muslims are sometimes unjustly treated at times. There is a great deal of prejudice about Islam in the USA today. I live in St. Louis, a couple of teenage boys tried to bomb the Hindu Temple. I think they wanted to target Muslims and couldn't tell the difference; it's really ironic because there is an Islamic mosque only a block away from the Hindu temple. The boys were arrested and sent to boot camp, which I thought was appropriate, they didn't really cause much damage besides some burn marks on the front door of the temple--but they intended greater harm.
I just thought of something. India does an excellent job of practicing religious tolerance. Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, Parsees, Christians, Jews, Buddhists all work side by side. Some Hindu groups have all sorts of practices, some even walk around naked, and they are left alone. There are problems from time to time, but the Indian government is very tolerant.
2007-02-13 03:45:52 · answer #3 · answered by majnun99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the past, Christians did not allow the worship of any but their own Christian God. They are only less intolerant today because of all the rejection they face if they try to totally subvert this freedom. Also America was the first to embrace the idea of the freedom of religion, due to prior experiences. Now America is trying to make every country a democracy, and these are probably the countrys that allow this freedom. Added with the seperation of church and state idealism, democratic nations cannot force a theology, because the churches have no military power.
2007-02-13 03:36:14 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
TOTAL - I don't know. None i guess.
PARTIAL or With RESTRICTIONS - They exist, take LIBYA
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i think many of the people here have anger with regards to Christianity. I wonder why. I grew up in a city that became dominated by muslims, in the country considered to be the first Christian nation in Asia, I am a Christian, a Catholic. And we live in harmony with the muslims around our place.
Religion doesn't make a person. A person makes himself. An individual can either be good or bad as they choose
2007-02-13 03:38:02 · answer #5 · answered by coco_loco 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To what christian nations do you refer? The only official christian nation is the Vatican.
Historically speaking, christian nations have NOT allowed the religious freedom of others.
2007-02-13 03:34:57 · answer #6 · answered by Kallan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I didn't know that Christian nations allowed total religious freedom...
If a nation is Christian, then by definition it doesn't allow total religious freedom. It will necessarily privilege Christians.
2007-02-13 03:30:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I can name non-Christian ones that do.....
Let's start with the US, since it is a secular nation.
Israel allows religious freedom (also a secular nation).....
India allows a great degree of religious autonomy....
Japan does in terms of its laws, not necessarily the culture....
I could go on...but you get my point.
2007-02-13 03:30:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no such thing as a Christian nation, except maybe the Vatican... but I would say Turkey.
Do you forget America was founded by people fleeing Christian religious persecution?
2007-02-13 03:29:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Muslim is not a personal religion but a governmental system. It is their goal to make the entire world Muslim, by force.
2007-02-13 03:30:47 · answer #10 · answered by ۞ JønaŦhan ۞ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋