Christian minorities in Muslim countries

ok Fidel, i completly disagree with you, Islam is NOT a violent religion! The only way we use "violent" is to protect ourshelf from oppressor!!!! and that not called violent, that is called self defense! Muslims are ONLY allow to use "violent" to protect themshelf and the society from oppressors but it only at the LAST resort, when we have no other options.

If i speak like you, everyone is violent and every religions is violent even the laws, since self defense is bad! im sorry to said this but to be honest with you, i dont think you know the definition of violent and self defense.

im sorry if i offend you but i had to tell you this since i really dont like it when people espicially Muslims said wrong things about Allah, Islam and Mohammad (saw)

I agree that Fidel need to understand Islam a bit more before putting his thoughts or starting a thread like this.

Hi I am a born Muslim residing in Singapore. Our country has a secular government hence all religion exists side by side.

As far as I have seen here, Islam has never treated anyone with disrespect. We have not even go all out to preach to others to join our religion. Unlike the Christians, where they are constantly trying to get other Non-Muslims to join their faith by stopping them in the malls or other public places and talk religion to them.

Even our "masjids" do not have banners that preaches about Islam. I cannot say likewise for the churches here.

What we actually seek is for everyone else to understand us and leave us alone with our faith. At most that we do here is open up certain areas in our "masjids" to the public where we showcase information about Islam.

For your information, the Eastern religions such as Hinduism, Taoism and Buddhism also adopt such ways here. But sadly, I cannot say the same about Christians.

Assalam alikum Fidel, i understand what you feeling right now, i felt like this before. I dont think you have to leave Islam for this since in other religions they have this too (christianny, hinduism, juive), it probably not excatly the same but still. You need to study Islam more and regulary, it will help you inshaAllah.

I see a growing acceptance of violence

And you shouldnt associate those islamics country EVERYTHING they do, that dont necessary mean it Islamic. Many muslims misintreprting these acts.  

(For example, the US' idea of self-defense is attack first, before others attacks them. ) Some Muslims don't use self-defence in its true sense, as is the case with some non-muslims too.

Self defense dont mean is attacking first, it mean ur protecting urshelf or other from the attacker. Example one evening, you are with ur family at ur home. A group of crazy mens get in ur house and they are armes. They are hurting ur mother, ur wife, ur sisters, brothers, ur childrens. They are about to rape ur family and beat them to death. What are you gonna do? Stand there and try to maitenance peace? No, you will do like everyone else SELF DEFENSE, you will kill them to protect ur family and ur community. The community because they (crazy mens) will do it to some other family too.

female circumcision

Some of my friends come from those muslim country like Somalia where they pratic female circumcision but it not about religious issues, it the traditions. But if you look at other muslims countrys they never pratic it. Some of my friends come from Morroco and her family NEVER hear of female circumcision and they do not agree with it.

About to cut hand if u steal, i think u talking about Soudith Arabia country, Did u know that they have the less stealer of the country? One men who live there told me that they do that to protect the socety from stealers. The stealer think many times before commit the crime. They do not cut the hand of a kids or someone who steal 10 bucks! They do it to peoples who steal like millions of dollars from hard work, honest innoncents peoples. But in other muslim country they dont.